Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb promised on Wednesday that “gradual improvement” in the power crisis Egypt is currently facing will be witnessed starting next Sunday. In a press conference following a cabinet meeting with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Mehleb added that 50 percent of the current power deficit will be provided by the end of August. “We admit we have a problem,” Mehleb told reporters in the televised conference. “But we are really facing it.” The prime minister said that Egypt is currently in need of at least 10,000 megawatt of electricity. Electricity Minister Mohamed Shaker said during Wednesday’s press conference that the authorities are taking measures to increase power by 2560 megawatt by the end of August, 520 megawatt by September and 1080 megawatt by October. He added that a new power plant will begin operating in November; the previous measures would increase power by over 4000 megawatt by November. The cabinet has earlier announced a plan to operate four new power plants by this summer. The power plants should provide 3700 megawatt worth of energy. On Saturday, Mehleb owed the latest surge in power outages to the delay in…
