STELCO announced it will temporarily shut down the 50-megawatt Hulhumalé power plant from 3:00 AM to 8:00 AM on Saturday to carry out a major power system upgrade. The company said electricity supply to Malé and Hulhumalé is expected to continue through generator engines during the work.
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This 50-megawatt power plant holds significant capacity for the Greater Malé area. Since this operation requires a complete power load shutdown, the date and timing were carefully planned in advance
To be clear, we are not saying electricity will be cut off from 3:00 AM to 8:00 AM. Our teams will be actively working throughout those hours, and only if another operational issue arises may we need to manage demand through temporary inte…
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electricity demand across the Greater Malé area during the scheduled hours is expected to remain around 75 megawatts
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STELCO will maintain approximately 90 megawatts of available generation capacity even while the main plant remains offline
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