Electricity Restored to Al-Ma'sara in Renk County After Year-Long Outage

Electricity has been restored to the Al-Ma'sara residential area in Renk County, Upper Nile State, after nearly a year-long outage. The Director General of the Renk Electricity Station attributed the outage to repeated transformer failures. To prevent future issues, the Electricity Authority plans to connect the area to three transformers. Additionally, there are plans to replace temporary poles with concrete infrastructure to enhance safety and reliability.

Published Mar 23, 2026

Electricity was restored to Al-Ma'sara in Renk County, Upper Nile State, after a nearly year-long outage caused by repeated transformer malfunctions. Renk is linked to the public power grid from the Sudan Ad-Damazin electrification project.

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To avoid future outages, the Electricity Authority will connect Al-Ma'sara to three transformers. Currently, one is operational, with two more on the way. The infrastructure challenges include a shortage of concrete poles, leading to the use of iron and wooden poles, negatively impacting power stability. Plans are also in place to remove unauthorized connections and replace temporary poles with concrete ones.