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NEWS 7 maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 4 AUGUST 2021 Malta reached record electricity usage on Monday A page in the Daphne Caruana Galizia public inquiry report went 'missing' when the cover page to one of the chapters was overset on one of the judges' ob- servations. The public inquiry board has confirmed that the report was missing three pages due to a technical error. In a statement on Tuesday, the board said that unintentionally, pages 23, 61 and 261 were miss- ing from the report published last week. "It seems that these missing pages ended up hidden behind the title pages that followed... The board will see to it that it is resolved and that new copies are sent to those concerned," the board said. Earlier yesterday, Matthew Caruana Galizia had posted to Facebook revealing that page 261 was missing from the report due to a formatting error. Caruana Galizia said that the missing page, was the conclu- sion to the Electrogas deal. "The Board of Inquiry con- cludes that if my mother had re- vealed the owner of 17 Black at a time when Electrogas was on the brink of financial collapse, the government would not have been able to guarantee a loan ex- tension to the company, and it is the company itself that would have been reduced to dust in a field," Caruana Galizia said. The report, which is 437-pages long, concluded that a culture of impunity was created. The tentacles of immunity spread to regulatory bodies and the police, which led to the rule of law col- lapses. The State and its entities failed to acknowledge the "real and immediate" risk, including through the criminal actions of third parties, to Daphne Carua- na Galizia's life. The board found that the state failed to take the necessary measures to avoid this risk. 'Missing' pages in Caruana Galizia inquiry report due to technical error KARL AZZOPARDI THE demand for electricity on Monday reached a record 561MW, an increase of 6% when compared to the highest ever rate registered of 510MW in July 2019. Enemalta said the demand for elec- tricity has been on the rise since the first heatwave of the year at the end of last June. Last month, demand reached 536MW, surpassing the July 2019 re- cord. High temperatures, approaching the mid-40s, are expected to last up until at least Thursday of this week. When compared to last year, the de- mand for electricity increased by 7.7% in the first seven months of the year. "This significant increase in demand over the past weeks, together with the high temperatures caused damages on the low-voltage network, which effected a number of Enemalta clients in different localities," Enemalta said. It apologised for any inconvenience caused, reassuring people that it is doing its utmost to reduce power out- age durations. "The duration of the outage varies according to the type of the fault. Resultantly, electricity supply is re- stored in a matter of minutes in some cases, while in others, it takes longer. When possible, Enemalta deploys generators to substations to mitigate inconveniences whilst repairs are un- derway," it said. The company said investments have already been carried out in distribu- tion networks to reduce incidences of interruptions. "In 2020 Enemalta invested €12 mil- lion, while so far this year it invested €6 million in its distribution network. Thanks to the investment made in recent years by Enemalta as part of its programme to automate its sub- stations, many of these interruptions were resolved in a relatively short time," the company said. Enemalta reminded its clients that its customer care service is available 24/7 on 80072224.