12.07.2012                      22.Tammus. 5772

Energieversorgung:

Forced blackouts may occur over week of heat wave

As temperatures surge during the next week, the IEC said it expects electricity demand to be extremely high.

The Israel Electric Corporation has asked the public to conserve electricity during the ongoing heat wave in hopes of preventing blackouts over the next week.
As temperatures surge during over the next few days, the IEC said it expects electricity demand to be extremely high – at 11,500 megawatts on some days – which may necessitate forced blackouts. The company may have to stop power lines intermittently throughout the country, it said, in outages will last only about an hour and will be divided among customers equally….