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Fiji’s major industrial businesses, hoteliers and manufacturers have been urged to switch to diesel generators to avert a major power crisis.
The Fiji Electricity Authority had met with close to 100 of its major customers earlier this month to warn of possible power sharing as a result of the dropping water levels at the Monasavu Dam.
Now with pressure mounting on Monasavu, the FEA has asked that they may have to generate their own electricity from next week.
The FEA will monitor the situation at Monasavu over the coming weeks.
The company chief executive officer Husmukh Patel says if predicted rainfalls do not bring much-needed relief than periodic blackouts will be experienced throughout the major centres to ensure scarce power is shared.
The company has ruled out it using temporary generators due to the high costs involved.
