The General Electricity Company of Libya (GECOL) sent two urgent letters to the Attorney General and the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Oil Corporation, warning of the seriousness of the current situation due to the shortage of fuel supplies to power generation stations across the country.
GECOL explained in its letter to the Attorney General that the shortage of fuel, whether natural gas or diesel, constituted a major technical problem for the general electricity network, which could lead to the loss of large amounts of electrical energy and negatively affect the stability of the network as well as the company's ability to meet the needs of consumers.
It said that the continuation of this shortage could lead to partial or total blackouts, which would greatly affect the daily lives of citizens and various economic, industrial and agricultural activities. It also indicated that it had previously sent many correspondences to the National Oil Corporation and the Brega Oil Marketing Company to provide the necessary quantities of operating fuel for the power generation stations in the general network, the last of which was the correspondence addressed to the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Oil Corporation dated September 01.
In its letter to the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Oil Corporation, GECOL sent an urgent appeal to provide the necessary quantities of diesel to a number of power plants, especially (West Tripoli - Zawiya - South Tripoli - Zahra - University District), which depended on the production of Al-Zawiya refinery from the Sharara field crude, which had been recently halted.
GECOL demanded the provision of the required quantities of fuel through marine carriers and resumption of work in the Sharara oilfield as soon as possible. It stressed the seriousness of the current situation, especially with the summer season, which usually witnesses a significant increase in electricity consumption that may lead to a large deficit in covering the increasing demand.
