It looks like things are calming down, Enemalta CEO Jonathan Cardona said when asked whether Malta was to expect more power cuts.
In total there are only 12 distribution cables where works still needs to start, out of the 42 faults over the past few days.
“Another 22 (faults) are currently being addressed,” said the Minister for Energy Miriam Dalli.
Power cuts were once again widespread during the night as Enemalta was working to repair 8 high voltage cable faults in different locations, each supplying electricity to thousands of customers.
Early on Friday, the corporation said on its Facebook page that there had been six faults, but in a statement after 8am, the corporation said the faults had been eight.
In an update on Friday at 4pm, the CEO said that “from midnight till now only three faults” took place.
He said that there was no new record peak usage, following the record 624 megawatts set on Wednesday.
On future power cuts, Cardona said that these happened because of the rise in heat. In comparison to previous years, the temperatures for this year have gone up faster.
Enemalta Engineer Ryan Fava said that the faults are developing in the distribution cables. He explained that a distribution cable acts as a link between the main station and several distribution centres.
Another Enemalta spokesperson explained that the company has been creating alternative cables between these distribution centres and the main centre, which would act as replacement in case the original one was to develop a fault.
On another note, he said that fixing a cable link takes time, as sometimes these are in the middle of the road “and in order not to disturb traffic they have to work with the limitations they have”.
Last Wednesday, Cardona said that a compensation scheme for those whose appliances are affected by power cuts is already in place. Moreover, when asked on the same day, Dalli said that the government was taking into consideration different options.