A return of load shedding is not possible

The Senelec Autonomous Union of Electricity Workers recently drew the attention of public authorities to the possible return of load shedding due to lack of fuel.
The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy wants to reassure Senegalese about the situation; there can be no return of load shedding for three (3) basic reasons:
• Senelec has enough production capacity to ensure a supply of electricity in quantity and quality, which consumers also feel everyday ;
• Securing the supply of fuel is guaranteed by the Special Fund for Energy Support (ESF), which is able to mobilize the necessary resources at any time.
• a mechanism for monitoring the regular supply of Senelec power plants, which today covers the needs until the end of December 2018.
It should be recalled that Senelec has, in the past, experienced difficulties in operation that led him to resort to cuts and power cuts of up to 911 hours. The latter were due to insufficient production capacity (less than 300 MW for a demand of 400 MW), obsolete electricity infrastructure and regular losses every year, despite the payment of compensation of 105 billion by the State.
Since 2012, the implementation of strategies in the Emerging Senegal Plan (PSE) has helped restore the electrical infrastructure. Thus, the installed capacity is increased to 1,003 MW, the quality of service is significantly improved with a disappearance of load shedding and a substantial reduction in the cut-off time for technical reasons (14 mn at the end of June 2018), the maintenance of a stock minimum fuel (4 to 7 days) and improvement in the Corporation's fiscal year result; Senelec will distribute dividends to shareholders for the first time in light of the 2017 earnings result.
Furthermore, it should be noted that the payment of government bills meets the standards that ensure that they are always honored each year. quarter, after verification of the competent services of the Ministry of Economy, Finance and Planning. In addition, in order to improve Senelec's cash position, in addition to the investment subsidies granted to it, the State assumes the payment of public lighting bills which are the responsibility of the local authorities and which amount to at around 10 billion CFA francs a year.
Ultimately, the service quality of Senelec, noted in recent years, will continue through all the mechanisms put in place to ensure an adequate supply of fuel. In addition, the expertise and expertise of Senelec's agents, combined with the upgrading of technical infrastructures, contribute substantially to this ongoing quest for quality in the public service.