THE SAUDI ELECTRICITY COMPANY (SEC) SAID TODAY ALQARYA POWER GENERATION UNIT, LOCATED IN THE EASTERN REGION, WENT OUT OF ORDER DUE TO TECHNICAL FAULT LAST NIGHT, FORCING THE COMPANY TO REPROGRAM THE SERVICE IN THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL REGIONS AS THE ACCIDENT COINCIDED WITH HEAVY SUMMER LOADS OF THE NETWORK, OFFICIALS SAID TODAY. SEC'S ACTING EXECUTIVE PRESIDENT ALI BIN SALIH ALBARAK SAID THE UNIT, WHICH GENERATES 633 MEGAWATT, IS CURRENTLY BEING REPLACED BY A SUBSTITUTE IN THE SITE, A MOVE THAT TAKES TIME DUE TO THE HEAVY WEIGHT OF THE SUBSTITUTE UNIT AND OTHER COMPLICATED TECHNICAL STEPS TO BE TAKEN. SERVICE RECEIVERS IN THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL REGIONS OF THE KINGDOM WILL HAVE TO EXPECT POWER LIMITED AND PROGRAMMED DISCONNECTIONS WITH EACH NOT LASTING MORE THAN 30 MINUTES, HE NOTED. HOWEVER, TECHNICIANS ARE WORKING DAY AND NIGHT TO INSTALL AND OPERATE THE 400-TON NEW UNIT, HE CONCLUDED.