Doha: The peak electricity demand in Qatar was recorded 8,475 megawatts in 2019 where the power production reached 10,578 megawatts showing a reserve power surplus about 2,000 megawatts, which is the highest in the Arab region.

The performance indicators of the power network of Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) are considered the best in the Arab countries and the world in terms of reliability.

The excellent performance of Kahramaa aims at keeping pace with urban development and providing an attractive infrastructure for investment, suggests Kahramaa’s performance report of 2019 issued recently.

With the commission of Umm Al Houl Power Plant, the power production capacity of Qatar increased by about 30 percent which is enough to meet the rising demand of electricity in the country which witnesses fast sustainable development.

The total number of disruption in electricity supply in the main network recorded a decrease of 8 percent in 2019 compared to 2018 and the number of interruptions in the medium voltage network decreased by 17% in 2019 compared to 2018.

In 2019, Kahramaa also succeeded in ensuring the supply of electricity on all official occasions and sporting events that the country witnessed by providing technical support to the network and the presence of technical teams on the site of the events.

Kahramaa provided 8,116 electricity connections to new users and connected 1,500 farms with its network in 2019. A total of 1,286 new power transmission stations commissioned and 1,200 were retrofitted which helped reduce seven percent in supply service disruption in 2019 compared to 2018.

Kahramaa launched many innovative initiatives and solutions which which provided fast track services to its clients including investors, contractors and other users reducing the time to obtain the service significantly.

Kahramma’s service has become 100 electronic which would be submitted through electronic portals, with the option to follow it electronically without the need to visit any service center.

In the context of continuous improvement of services, Kahramaa also organised a number of awareness workshops for its authorised contractors as the link between Kahramaa and the investors and the owners, during which the services and procedures provided by the institution are introduced, and they were educated how to benefit from them.