Egypt's electricity services outage halts meter installations, costing companies millions

Egypt's unified electricity services platform has been down for two months, halting meter installations and costing distribution companies millions in losses.

• The unified electricity services platform has been disrupted for two months, halting meter installation, assessments, and new connections.
• A ministry official said losses are mounting as the outage blocks new requests and assessments, a key revenue source for distribution companies.
• Electricity Minister Mahmoud Esmat directed rapid resolution of the service problems and discussed the causes with holding company officials.
• Sources attributed the outage to the systems administration at the holding company and some distribution companies.