Electricity Consumption Peak in Algeria: The People Drown in Darkness

Energy turmoil exposes the fragility of the military regime

In a new episode of the management failures experienced by the generals’ regime, energy authorities announced a fourth record peak in electricity consumption, reaching 21,727 megawatts in a single day. This figure, which the regime attempts to promote as an achievement, is in reality a damning indicator of their inability to diversify energy sources or rely on alternative, sustainable strategies.

Record figures… or depletion of resources?

The Algerian generals boast about these figures in an attempt to pull the wool over people’s eyes, forgetting that this “record consumption” primarily reflects poor planning and decaying infrastructure that still relies on excessive gas burning without any added value to the real economy. This reckless depletion of energy resources proves that the regime’s priorities are limited to buying social peace through direct subsidies instead of investing in clean energy technology, which has become the cornerstone of modern economies.

A murky future under the rule of the generals

While Morocco accumulates global achievements in the field of renewable energy and positions itself as a significant regional hub, the generals remain held hostage by a mentality of “instant consumption” and “numerical bragging.” Algeria’s reaching of this level of electricity consumption, in light of climate fluctuations and a lack of foreign investment, portends future energy crises that may force the Algerian citizen to pay the price for the Algerian generals’ mismanagement of the country’s wealth, which is being squandered on futile conflicts.

The truth that the military regime refuses to admit is that high electricity consumption is not a sign of industrial or economic prosperity, but rather evidence of the confusion in managing vital resources, which puts the country on the brink of falling into an energy deficit trap at any moment.