State-owned power company Enemalta said near record temperatures of between 40 and 42.7 Celsius had caused electricity demand to spike and although it had ample power generation capacity, underground distribution cables were overheating and failing.
An investigation is underway but the ministry said essential machines were kept running on batteries. The power station deal, signed in 2014, was later criticised in a report by the island’s auditor-general and is the subject of an inquiry by parliament's Public Accounts Committee.
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