{"id":4664,"date":"2026-07-16T17:03:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T17:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/?p=4664"},"modified":"2026-07-16T17:03:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T17:03:25","slug":"kuwait-issues-high-alert-as-electricity-consumption-hits-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/2026\/07\/16\/kuwait-issues-high-alert-as-electricity-consumption-hits-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Kuwait Issues High Alert as Electricity Consumption Hits Record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kuwait City: Kuwait has recorded its highest electricity consumption amid an intense heatwave, prompting the Ministry of Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy to place the country&#8217;s power sector on high alert.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With temperatures forecast to reach 51\u00b0C in the coming days, the ministry has activated comprehensive preparedness measures to ensure uninterrupted electricity and water supplies during the period of peak demand.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officials said maintenance work on power generation units and water desalination plants has been completed, ensuring that all facilities are fully operational to meet rising electricity consumption.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ministry added that electricity imports through the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) interconnection grid are helping Kuwait manage increased demand during the summer.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Control rooms are operating around the clock to monitor the national power grid, manage electrical loads and respond quickly to any emergency that may arise.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authorities also said efforts to improve power distribution through smart grid technologies have been intensified to maintain network stability.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ministry urged residents and businesses to cooperate by using electricity responsibly, warning that demand is expected to increase further as extreme temperatures continue.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kuwait City: Kuwait has recorded its highest electricity consumption amid an intense heatwave, prompting the Ministry of Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy to place the country&#8217;s power sector on high alert. With temperatures forecast to reach 51\u00b0C in the coming days, the ministry has activated comprehensive preparedness measures to ensure uninterrupted electricity and water supplies [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-kuwait-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4664"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4666,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4664\/revisions\/4666"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}