Implementation of Network Improvement Projects Materials and Products

The Electricity and Cogeneration Regulatory Authority continued to criticize the performance of the contractors in the south, which caused a shortage of services in the sector, in addition to the nature of the distribution system, and increase the separation processes programmed for the implementation of network improvement projects. Al Watan learned that the Authority has worked with the Saudi Electricity Company in previous years to bring about changes in the "standard contract" used by the company in dealing with the contractors working with it, and that the company has taken more stringent measures with low-performing contractors, Procedures for improved service delivery, and thus reduced numbers of complaints. With regard to the nature of the distribution system in the southern business sector, sources said that the long and branching air networks overcome the distribution system in the sector, accounting for more than 90% of the total network lengths in the sector.