The Public Power Corporation (PPC) will today call in an agreement it has struck with some of its biggest customers, such as oil refineries and shipyards, to limit their use of electricity in order to prevent a blackout.
PPC and its customers agreed the deal could be put into effect when the temperature was high enough to prompt concern about the increased use of electricity, which could lead to a power outage.
PPC believes the agreement, which will be enforced until Wednesday, will lead to 400 megawatts fewer being used at peak hours daily. PPC expects the demand for electricity to reach a maximum of 10,200 MW early next week, when the heat wave will be at its peak.
(Kathimerini, 20/07/2007)