PROLONGED power cuts like those that crippled Nicosia last year are almost a thing of the past, the Electricity Authority insisted yesterday
EAC spokesman Tassos Roussos told the Cyprus Mail that a back-up system would save the day if any power-cut occurred – a distinct possibility with the increased use of power hungry air-conditioners to combat the heat.
“Power cuts happen all the time during the summer, but with the back-up system we can eliminate the problem. N other words any power-cut should not last for too long,” he explained.
But Roussos named a few areas which still ran a danger of suffering from big power cuts: “Trimiklini, Kouka, Omonia, Ypsonas and Polemidia in the Limassol District, Ayia Napa and Melizona in the Famagusta District, the commercial centre of Larnaca, Tseri in the Nicosia District and Athienou in the Larnaca District.”
Roussos put down the remaining problem to delays in issuing licenses to build new electricity supply substations.
“The government and the municipalities are taking years to issue the necessary licenses,” Roussos complained.
The EAC spokesman added: “people want more substations but not in their back yard. Everyone wants them far away from them.”
Last July, much of Nicosia as well as other towns and villages were denied electricity for more than a day because electricity supply was not adequate to cope with the overuse of air-conditioning systems.
There have so far been a handful of power-cuts this summer, none of them lasting form more than a few hours.
The Cyprus Mail is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. It was established in 1945 and today, with its popular and widely-read website, the Cyprus Mail is among the most trusted news sites in Cyprus. The newspaper is not affiliated with any political parties and has always striven to maintain its independence. Over the past 70-plus years, the Cyprus Mail, with a small dedicated team, has covered momentous events in Cyprus’ modern history, chronicling the last gasps of British colonial rule, Cyprus’ truncated independence, the coup and Turkish invasion, and the decades of negotiations to stitch the divided island back together, plus a myriad of scandals, murders, and human interests stories that capture the island and its -people. Observers describe it as politically conservative.
