Electricity

• Electricity
== • The electicity supply is normally 220/240 volt AC 50 cycle. == == • The system works as pay-as-you-go which allows you to control how much electricity you use. Each house has a meter installed and your landlord is supposed to provide you with an e-card (credit card – like) with which you go to the NCE office and purchase electricity for the amount you need. You are then given a receipt slip where a long number appears on the bottom. This number you need to punch wholly into your meter, and you have got a new supply of electricity! Very sophisticated, indeed! == == • In the winter months you get by with about 20 SDG of electricity per month, but this amount can ascend to 400/500 SDG per month or even more during the hot summer months, which basically means most of the year. == == • There is only one electricity company in Sudan: the National Electricity Corporation (NCE). Their buildings are painted in a light green colour and you can buy electricity in all their offices irrespective of where you live. == == • The offices open at 8 am and operate till late in the night. They are even open on Friday mornings. == == • __Amarat NCE office __: Big multi-storey green building with glass front on cemetery road, towards T-junction w/ road leading to Ozone == == • __Riyadh ____<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"> NCE office __<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">: Small green building on Ebeid Khatim Road (or Airport road) close to Sudan Airways crossroads, a few buildings beyond the Shell gas station == ==<span style="FONT-SIZE: 4pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"> • <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">There are power cuts throughout the year, in winter they are shorter and in summer they can be a couple of hours long. Their duration and frequency varies greatly. During haboobs the electricity is sometimes cut-off as a preventive measure. Occasionally a haboob tears down a line. NCE has emergency teams available that go out and fix problems. == ==<span style="FONT-SIZE: 4pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"> • <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">In case you have a prolonged power cut in your house and everybody else around you has electricity, or your line is working only intermittently you can call the NCE customer line to report the problem. They will then send out a team to fix the problem. Arabic speaking only. == ==<span style="FONT-SIZE: 4pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> • __<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">NCE customer line __<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">: 0154929400  ==