AMMAN —
Parliamentary sources said on Thursday that the report on the power outage that
occurred during last winter’s snowstorm is holding the
Jordan Electric Power Company (JEPCO) accountable, Al-Mamlaka TV reported.
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According to the
report, the tangling of wires in tree branches was the main cause of grid
damage and power outages.
The report, which
will be discussed soon by the Parliamentary Energy Committee and the
government, also recommended maintenances work on the power grids and its
infrastructure, by the power company, and recommended that the
Ministry of Agriculture authorize JEPCO to cut trees overlapping grid lines
Jordan in January
witnessed a snowstorm that caused power outage for several days in many areas
of the country.
Prime Minister
Bisher Al-Khasawneh said in January, that power going off for many hours,
sometimes reaching 36 hours is unacceptable.
Also in January,
Khasawneh assigned
Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Saleh Al-Kharabsheh
to immediately form an independent investigation committee immediately to look
into the details of the power outage.
The Council of Ministers
decided in the same session to assign a consulting company to assess the status
of the electrical network in various regions of the Kingdom, especially in the
capital, Amman, and to work on updating it, and set standards for evaluating
the performance of electricity distribution companies so that they are
compatible with international standards.
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