More power use in June scorcher
The temperature at that time reached 51 degrees Celsius, compared to 50 degrees Celsius in the previous year. Meanwhile, the lowest electrical load was recorded on June 5; reaching 10,280 megawatts -- a decrease of 1,150 megawatts or 6.1 percent compared to the lowest load in June last year, which reached 11,430 megawatts. The statistics also stated that the total electrical load for new customers reached 77,822,746 kilowatts. In addition, the freshwater statistics for June showed that the maximum net daily water consumption reached 517.459 million imperial gallons on June 4; while the maximum daily storage reached 4,300.573 million imperial gallons at the end of the same month.
In a related development, the statistics revealed that the ministry supplied electricity to 627 new customers in various housing sectors within the same month -- 559 in private housing, 32 in government housing, 18 in the investment sector, nine in the agricultural sector, five in the industrial sector and four in the commercial sector. MoSA admin orders: Acting Undersecretary of the Ministry of Social Affairs (MoSA) Dr. Khaled Al-Ajmi issued administrative decisions that included extending the secondment and transfer of some officials in a bid to regulate workflow and develop institutional performance.
The decisions stipulate extending the secondment and transfer of Awareness and Guidance Department Director Bader Al-Azmi to the position of Director of the Awareness and Guidance Center; as well as the transfer of Payroll Controller Abdul Mohsen Al-Makhyal to the position of Controller at the Charitable Societies and Endowments Department, Controller at the Charitable Societies and Endowments Department Asim Al-Failakawi to the position of Controller at the Development and Membership Affairs Department, Head of the Elderly Department (Women) Huda Al-Mutairi to the position of Head of the Administrative Support Department, and Head of the Mobile Services Department in Mubarak Al-Kabeer Governorate Kholoud Al-Khalidi to the position of Head of the Elderly Department (Women).
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