That's a lot of money and I understand that you had to spend so much because you want to make your nephews and brothers feel comfortable as possible.
The long queue at public places during festive season can't be avoided, it happens every year and can be very frustrating. Not having electricity in your own apartment will truly cost you more on fuel. I wonder why the power holding company will not have considered such issue like this happening before having a holiday.
it was my apartment that lacks the network needed to load the token, a neighbour was later able to load it and now the electricity problem has been solved.