CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s interim government said Wednesday it is restoring daylight saving time this month to alleviate a crippling energy crisis, three years after previous officials abolished it.

The energy crisis has recently deepened, with frequent blackouts in the capital and other provinces, sometimes lasting for several hours. The crisis is the culmination of factors building for years, which dramatically worsened in the turmoil since the 2011 uprising that ousted autocrat Hosni Mubarak.