| 29 May 2009 |
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Kuwait: 'Ministry officials reject American expert's offer to solve power crisis'
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KUWAIT CITY - An American expert, along with his team, is said to have approached the Ministry of Electricity and Water (MEW)Ministry of Electricity and Water (MEW)
with an offer to solve Kuwait's power crisis within 30 days, reports Al-Shahid daily. A source revealed ministry officials have refused to deal with the expert in spite of their knowledge of the latter's ability to address complicated power problems. He claimed a senior official, who declined the American's offer, prioritized personal interests like other officials who are not keen on solving the problems completely, so they can continue to demand for extra load due to the weak network. He said the senior official prefers temporary solutions, hence, the recurrence of problems at major and sub stations. "Delaying solutions to the problem is not in the best interest of the ministry due to the worsening situation, which might lead to a breakdown of major stations, and then the ministry will attribute it to excessive power consumption," the source lamented. Meanwhile, MEWMEW will award the contract for supply of smart meters by the end of July to the winning company to pave the way for the implementation of the project according to the specified conditions, reports Al-Watan Arabic daily. Meters
A source disclosed the meters will be installed in front of houses, farms, commercial complexes and chalets for easy reading, follow-up and maintenance, without the need to disturb members of the household. He said the ministry has decided to award the contract to only one company instead of six, which could have been one per governorate. He explained this will save efforts and money, as well as simplify reading and work procedures, indicating the operation will start by picking signs through the machine that collects data from the meter. "A data receiver at the Residential Department will record the collected data, which will in return send it to the Operations Department Building where final reading will be calculated and recorded. The smart meter will be installed at old and new buildings to calculate power consumption rate of citizens and expatriates. The conventional meter will remain inside, while the new one is capable of accomplishing the overall reading," the source added.
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