Electricity companies say personnel were 'ready' to fix breakdowns

AMMAN — The Jordanian Electric Power Company (JEPCO) dealt with 1,267 electricity disruptions since Saturday, a JEPCO official said on Tuesday. 

"We fixed most of them and there are only eight breakdowns remaining to be fixed. The longest breakdown took around two hours," Raed Khashman, who is in charge of JEPCO's call centre, told The Jordan Times over the phone. 

Khashman said the department received 9,313 phone calls from people residing in Amman, Zarqa, Madaba and Balqa governorates.

He noted that 1,700 employees worked during the recent weather conditions and eight main operation centres were operating, in addition to 40 sub-centres in the four governorates. 

"We took advantage of our past mistakes and we tried to avoid them. Though the number of breakdowns was higher than on normal days, we managed to deal with them thanks to an effective emergency plan to deal with the current weather conditions," he added. 

JEPCO covers Amman, Zarqa, Madaba and Balqa governorates. 

The Electricity Distribution Company (EDCO) said it has dealt with 468 power disruptions since the start of the polar front earlier this week and until noon on Tuesday.

EDCO's call centre received 1,707 calls during the same period, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

The company covers the southern governorates of Karak, Tafileh, Maan and Aqaba as well as the eastern areas of the Jordan Valley.