Abadi Office: the investment program in the electricity sector will bring imports by about $ 4 billi

Abadi Office: the investment program in the electricity sector will bring imports by about $ 4 billion a year

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April 2 .2017 - 21:48 | Number of Views: 868

Sommer News: Baghdad

Announced the Office of the Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi for government action to solve the problem of electricity, announcing it plans to get four billion dollars and the wills of electricity per year, they confirmed electricity debts owed by consumers amounted to two billion and 700 million dollars, announcing also the opening of four gas stations to generate electricity and the introduction of four investment units at the station Basmajh

He said Sabri in a statement, "Sommer News" received a copy of which was based on the government program and the paper's reform government has adopted a policy to increase the production of electric power in concert with their start a comprehensive program to reduce waste and reduce Aldhaiat and end abuses of electric power and put the electric power distribution investment sector in the areas of service and maintenance and collection.

He pointed out that "since the Government recognizes its responsibilities in the ninth of September in 2014 was the completion of several projects to increase the generating capacity of the electricity sector," noting that "the introduction of four investment units in Basmajh station in Baghdad card 1000 MW."

He also pointed to "the opening of the gas station Najibiyah in Basra province, 500 MW card that gas station architecture capacity of 500 megawatts, and Diwaniyah gas station with capacity of 500 MW and also gas Alhaidariya station in Najaf card 160 MW."

He said Sabri "This is the total added to the productive capacity of the electricity sector since the formation of the government 2660 MW, were added to the total McCann produces electricity when the formation of the government and of 10340 MW, and this is the rate of increase in the energy that has been added by the government within two years and a half generating equal more than 20% of the total production of Iraq over the past years. "

He stressed that it was "under the known and the requirements of the war on terrorism and the budgets of the past two years of austerity and financial crisis as well as the opening of dozens of secondary distribution stations as well as several manufacturing plants."

He announced the government's efforts "to increase the generating power by 2500 MW after D carrier of the Iranian gas pipeline is complete."

On the subject of collection Sabri said that "the government has provided substantial support to the prices of electrical unit measured by the kilo watt hour within the collection system, which began in 2016, which according to him will work in the investment program in the electricity distribution sector, where it was directly applied in the middle of last year consumption the expansion is applied gradually in Baghdad and the provinces. "

He explained, "of support ratio provided to the consumer end up more than 90% of the cost of electrical unit production, especially for those with limited income, as the cost of electrical unit producing 153 dinars while sold to citizens at a price of 10 dinars for those who reach consumption to 10 amps continuously throughout the month, and 20 dinars for those who consume up to 15 amps continuously throughout the month, and 40 dinars for those who consume up to 20 amps continuously throughout the month. "

And provided an explanation for newborn collection rates, indicating that the amounts are specified in the collection system and in the framework of the investment program in the service, maintenance and collection, which was adopted by the government sector as follows:

1/1000 dinars, the price per month for those who Amps consumes ten Amperes and below the clock.

2/1500 dinars, the price per month for those who Amps consume between 10-15 Ampere clock.

3 / thousand dinars, the price per month for those who consume amps 20 amps on the clock.

The rising proportion of electricity consumption prices gradually proportional to the increase in consumption.

According to the newborn, it is "clear from these specific pricing for units of electric power consumption level of the great support from the government to the citizen in the collection of electricity within the new investment program. As well as the fact that the citizen will enjoy continuous processing of electricity, which means letting go of private generators, which weighs on citizens and high wages that imposed by their owners to the participants as well as environmental pollution and health disadvantages caused by residential neighborhoods in addition to the noise associated with the operation. "

He defended a spokesman for the Information Office of the Prime Minister for the collection system and allocated by saying, "We have proven the experience of the application of the investment program in the electricity distribution sector, a great success as the consumption of shops fell in Zayouna where the program from 52 MW applied to 25 MW and increased contrast, the number of hours of processing 12 hours a day to continuous processing of the clock. "

"The government is seeking to address the imbalance in the electricity sector and make every effort to provide the best service to the citizen and the best way to do this is through the activation of the investment program. This program will save huge amounts spent from Iraq's budget on the electricity sector will not cost the public treasury nothing because the investor ratio amounting to 12.9% deducted from the wages of collection. "

He went on to say, "No, but that the investor will bear 80% of the wages of workers in the maintenance and collection sector borne by the government before starting the investment program."

He continued newborn "This means the provision of funds of the general budget as well as that this program will lead to an end Aldhaiat as a result of trespassing on land and state property and agricultural land, and the exchange of nutrition between the regions, and power consumption without counters and overtaking on the scales, and non-payment of wages of consumption where the Aldhaiat ratio compared to the amount of electricity produced 67% and the provision of these Aldhaiat would mean in practice, increasing the amount of energy within the national grid to double what are today. "

He added, adding, "This will make the amount of energy currently producing enough to meet the total consumption which stands at peak load in the summer, about 22,000 MW and will lead to a reduction of the amount of fuel processed by the Ministry of Electricity to operate power plants, which cost Maisawi billion annually as well as providing huge amounts of money spent as costs support for the fuel supply him the government for civil generators in addition to the possibility of dispensing with imported electricity, which at a cost of approximately one billion and two hundred million dollars a year. "

He concluded by saying, "The investment program in the electricity sector will contribute to stop the waste of public money represented in the amounts of collection due to the consumer where the sector is suffering from a significant delay as the amount of debt owed to the Ministry of Electricity owed by consumers who have not paid wages levy an amount equal to two billion and 700 million dollars this the amount constitutes the equivalent of more than two-thirds of the total collection of electricity revenues, is expected to apply when the investment program in the electricity sector is complete collection that imports of up to four billion dollars a year. "


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