Utilities

Residents in at least 17 Nairobi estates are experiencing water supply disruptions following a major pipeline leak in Kiambu County. The Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company announced the emergency shutdown on June 26.

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Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company announced a 24-hour water supply interruption affecting 17 estates and surrounding areas starting Saturday, June 20. The disruption stems from urgent repairs on a key pipeline. Normal supply is scheduled to resume at 6am on Sunday, June 21.

PacifiCorp, a major Western utility, has agreed to sell its Washington state operations to Portland General Electric for $1.9 billion, amid tensions over differing state energy policies. The deal transfers 140,000 customers and related infrastructure, fulfilling demands from Utah Republicans for an energy 'divorce' from blue states. This move highlights growing divides between fossil fuel-dependent red states and clean energy-focused blue states.

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A new open-source initiative called Netbase has launched its initial version 0.1 on GitHub, aiming to port NetBSD's userland tools to Linux systems with few modifications to the original code. This effort seeks to provide BSD-flavored alternatives to common GNU utilities on Linux. The project includes a range of core commands and the ksh shell.

Electricity company Enel announced scheduled power outages in sectors of the Metropolitan Region to carry out maintenance work. These will affect 13 communes for several hours on Tuesday, October 28. Residents can check the detailed map on the company's website.

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Chile's Economy and Energy Biminister Álvaro García announced that Transelec has agreed to refund US$ 135 million overcharged in electricity bills starting in January. This deal adds to the US$ 115 million that generators must return due to calculation errors dating back to 2017. The crisis, which led to Energy Minister Diego Pardow's resignation, highlights failures in government management and the electricity sector.