Electricity accuses provinces refusing to take responsibility for the privatization of power

Electricity accuses provinces refusing to take responsibility for the privatization of power


 BAGHDAD / Amer supporter

Revealed that the Ministry of Electricity, on Wednesday, on the proposal to give the provinces broad powers to manage the privatization of the electricity and collecting money from consumers file, and while confirming that, its proposal that were turned down by the local governments, promised to the Committee on Energy Parliamentary investment in the electric power, the project successful, but he needs to develop .  
He said ministry spokesman Musab teacher, in an interview for the "long", " The Ministry is going ahead its project on electricity investment and make the welfare of the citizen lives more."
The teacher said that " The ministry wants to address the loss of 65 percent of production due to the slums and overtaking, in addition to the provision of electricity to the citizen even better away from the commercial - born."
The teacher pointed out that " a lot of the provincial council rejects this proposal, but in fact, the benefit of the citizen, as it will pay nearly 20 percent , giving it to the owner of the generator."
And that " the ministry has given another proposal to the provinces, a move the file and its powers, a collection of take from the citizen, and the ministry is following this issue, but the provinces , too, rejected this proposal."
The teacher stressed that " the proposal provides for the taking of power line 132, and is distributed to provincial areas , " he said , adding that " the Ministry is going ahead Bmnaakecadtha with the provinces to reach a mechanism to resolve."
For its part it revealed the Commission services and reconstruction in Parliament, with the direction of the Ministry of Electricity, to adopt two projects to solve the energy crisis in the country.
Chairman of the Committee Nazim al - Saadi, said in a press statement, I followed the "long" The subject of electric power, and ensure their delivery to citizens on a daily basis and continuously, it has become thorny, complex files over the past years, and did not solve despite the spending of previous governments by the huge amounts of money, noting that, this failure and reluctance caused the loss of citizen trust in the government and specifically the Ministry of Electricity.
"The Ministry of Electricity turned to the topic of investment and privatization in order to solve this intractable crisis, but this desire collided reject and oppose local governments, adding that the ministry, was left in front only two options, one foreign investment, and the second direct implementation by the cadres of the ministry."
In turn pointed the Wasit Provincial Council member Mehdi Ayal, in his speech for the "long" to reject his province privatization proposal, stressing that "Wasit would be unable to accept it , ".
Eyal pointed out that "Wasit exporting electricity provinces, he ceases to be truly accepted by the imposition of levy on the citizen, as a result of giving him his rights."
And that " the ministry by thinking of other proposals to address this issue, experienced by citizens in various provinces and not in the province without the other."
For his part, chairman of the parliament 's energy commission Ares Abdullah, in a press statement , "The privatization of the electricity project is still in the process of the experiment, despite the presence of the reactions of the opposition to him by the provincial councils and the citizens."
He pointed out that "Zayouna experiment was a success, but that success may not apply in another area , " explaining that " the power of the Commission is following the Ministry of Electricity that need a major upgrade in terms of production policy , " pointing out that " the Commission will indicate its position on this project in the coming days. "
And resorted Ministry of Electricity to the privatization of the electricity system in order to obtain the collection of funds from citizens, and stressed that the Iraqis are spending $ 10 billion a year on private generators, while the privatization of the electric power experience will provide 80% of those amounts.
He joined Muthanna province to reject the privatization of electricity provinces (Dhi Qar and Wasit, Diwaniyah).
He says board member of Al - Muthanna Ammar Al Ghraib province, he said that " the local government legislative and executive , both, will not allow the privatization of the electricity sector in the province , " pointing out that " the Government of Muthanna would refrain from cooperation with the investor in this area even after the signing of the contract with him by the Ministry of Electricity in if you do not get final approval from the province. "
It is noteworthy that, the Ministry of Electricity has signed two contracts with the company "General Electric" in the January 28 last, to build stations Nasiriyah, Samawah, to add 2250 MW of production capacity, as occurred in the January 11, with Japan to develop Hartha station in Basra province, and in the March 6 th, It signed a contract for the construction of a secondary power stations.


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