{"version":"1","article":{"id":"uae-sewa-138-substation-maintenance-h1-2026","slug":"uae-sewa-138-substation-maintenance-h1-2026","language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/uae-sewa-138-substation-maintenance-h1-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/uae-sewa-138-substation-maintenance-h1-2026?lang=en","title":"SEWA completed maintenance at 138 33kV substations in H1 2026","summary":"Sharjah’s utility also approved 367 engineering plans for network projects; approval does not mean the projects are complete.","category":"energy","region":"world","topics":[],"published_at":"2026-10-04T22:24:47+03:00","modified_at":"2026-10-04T22:24:47+03:00","publication_basis":"publication-record","event_period":"2026-06","event_period_basis":"event-or-reference-period","sources":[{"name":"Emirates News Agency (WAM)","url":"https://www.wam.ae/en/article/c2k2byn-sewa-completes-maintenance-138-33kv-substations","publishedAt":"2026-10-03","checkedAt":"2026-10-04"}],"translations":[{"language":"tr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/tr/news/uae-sewa-138-substation-maintenance-h1-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/uae-sewa-138-substation-maintenance-h1-2026?lang=tr"},{"language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/uae-sewa-138-substation-maintenance-h1-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/uae-sewa-138-substation-maintenance-h1-2026?lang=en"},{"language":"ar","url":"https://haberpaper.com/ar/news/uae-sewa-138-substation-maintenance-h1-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/uae-sewa-138-substation-maintenance-h1-2026?lang=ar"}],"data_types":[],"data":null,"data_compilations":[],"data_downloads":[],"content":{"paragraphs":["The Sharjah Electricity, Water and Gas Authority (SEWA) said it completed scheduled maintenance at 138 substations operating at 33 kilovolts during the first half of 2026. In a report published on 3 October 2026, Emirates News Agency (WAM) also said the authority reviewed and approved 367 engineering plans for new substation projects and electricity-network development over the same period. SEWA reported completing 25 technical studies for new consumers and nine studies concerning the transmission network. These figures describe the scale of reported maintenance and planning activity. They do not by themselves show that outages fell, interruption times shortened or the approved projects were constructed.","Hamad Al Teneiji, director of SEWA’s Energy Transmission Department, described the maintenance as part of work intended to support network reliability and improve the efficiency of transmission substations. The authority also said it reviews electrical installations and continuously monitors substations and networks. Its account emphasised preventive maintenance and the use of suitable, genuine spare parts. Those are operational practices concerning the upkeep of network assets. WAM’s report did not quantify their effect on customer tariffs, total electricity generation or emissions. It also supplied no outage indicators, so the announcement alone cannot establish whether reliability changed.","A separate programme figure came from Abdullah Al Kous, deputy director of the department. He said SEWA’s plan covers maintenance of 218 power-transmission and distribution substations, that a significant portion had been completed and that work on the remainder was continuing to schedule. The 138 figure therefore refers to completed first-half maintenance, while 218 describes the broader programme scope; they should not be treated as two measures of the same completion total. Likewise, 367 approved engineering plans are not 367 completed or commissioned facilities. WAM did not report the plans’ locations, voltage levels, budgets, schedules or completion rates.","The preventive-maintenance description indicates work intended to inspect assets and keep them serviceable before failures occur, but the report does not detail the technical work performed at each station. SEWA referred to ongoing reviews of networks and electrical installations, yet did not publish monitoring coverage, inspection frequency or post-maintenance performance measures. The announcement therefore records a count of completed maintenance and planning activity; it does not verify investment efficiency or a change in service quality for customers. A fuller assessment would require later reporting on maintenance completed, outage and interruption measures, and whether planned network investments enter service."],"key_points":[],"sections":[]},"text":"Sharjah’s utility also approved 367 engineering plans for network projects; approval does not mean the projects are complete.\n\nThe Sharjah Electricity, Water and Gas Authority (SEWA) said it completed scheduled maintenance at 138 substations operating at 33 kilovolts during the first half of 2026. In a report published on 3 October 2026, Emirates News Agency (WAM) also said the authority reviewed and approved 367 engineering plans for new substation projects and electricity-network development over the same period. SEWA reported completing 25 technical studies for new consumers and nine studies concerning the transmission network. These figures describe the scale of reported maintenance and planning activity. They do not by themselves show that outages fell, interruption times shortened or the approved projects were constructed.\n\nHamad Al Teneiji, director of SEWA’s Energy Transmission Department, described the maintenance as part of work intended to support network reliability and improve the efficiency of transmission substations. The authority also said it reviews electrical installations and continuously monitors substations and networks. Its account emphasised preventive maintenance and the use of suitable, genuine spare parts. Those are operational practices concerning the upkeep of network assets. WAM’s report did not quantify their effect on customer tariffs, total electricity generation or emissions. It also supplied no outage indicators, so the announcement alone cannot establish whether reliability changed.\n\nA separate programme figure came from Abdullah Al Kous, deputy director of the department. He said SEWA’s plan covers maintenance of 218 power-transmission and distribution substations, that a significant portion had been completed and that work on the remainder was continuing to schedule. The 138 figure therefore refers to completed first-half maintenance, while 218 describes the broader programme scope; they should not be treated as two measures of the same completion total. Likewise, 367 approved engineering plans are not 367 completed or commissioned facilities. WAM did not report the plans’ locations, voltage levels, budgets, schedules or completion rates.\n\nThe preventive-maintenance description indicates work intended to inspect assets and keep them serviceable before failures occur, but the report does not detail the technical work performed at each station. SEWA referred to ongoing reviews of networks and electrical installations, yet did not publish monitoring coverage, inspection frequency or post-maintenance performance measures. The announcement therefore records a count of completed maintenance and planning activity; it does not verify investment efficiency or a change in service quality for customers. A fuller assessment would require later reporting on maintenance completed, outage and interruption measures, and whether planned network investments enter service.","corrections":[],"editorial_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"energy","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/energy-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic energy landscape with solar panels, wind turbines and transmission lines.","language":"en"},"section_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"energy","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/energy-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic energy landscape with solar panels, wind turbines and transmission lines.","language":"en"}}}