The General Electricity Company of Libya addressed the National Oil Corporation regarding finding urgent solutions to the decrease in gas supplies in the lines feeding the western network that supply gas generation plants, which occurred since last Friday morning and the low level of gas pressure in Zawia, southern Tripoli, Al-Khums, and Misrata stations, which led to the loss of approximately 320 mega watts.

The company explained that it has resorted to feeding the first production unit at Misrata station with diesel fuel to fill the shortage in gas supplies, noting that the procedure has a great material cost, as only the first unit at Misrata station costs about one million and 350 thousand liters of diesel per day, which is equal to the subsidized price of 180 thousand dinars, while the amount of gas required to operate the same unit for a full day costs less than 9 thousand dinars.