No electricity cuts are expected despite elevated levels of demand for power as the weather system Coral hits Cyprus, the spokeswoman of the Cyprus Transmission System Operator (TSO), Chara Koussiappa said on Sunday. 

She added that the previous night had passed without any unforeseen incidents

The maximum demand reached 1017 megawatts on Saturday at 7pm, Koussiappa said, of which 966 were from conventional generation and around 50 megawatts from wind generation during peak demand hours. “There was very high demand for Saturday data, since weekends usually show reduced demand. There was enough to meet the demand,” she said.

Asked if there would be sufficiency for Sunday, during the day and tonight, which looks like the night will be as cold as yesterday, Koussiappa said it was too early to have accurate data, but “it looks like we will have sufficiency with demand as it is so far and production at the generating units.”

The forecast for Sunday, she explained, is for maximum demand to reach 970 megawatts – barring a contingency – because demand on Sundays is lower than on Saturdays. There is also 30-40 megawatts of wind power available during peak hours, she added.

Asked if there was any consumption of electricity from the north through the interconnected system, Koussiappa said that there was no flow yesterday to the state-controlled areas, but there was a flow at times when there was sufficient production in the government-controlled areas to the north, under the MOUs.