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Al-Kazemi on the electricity industry in Iraq: No answer
Shafaq News/ Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi confirmed on Tuesday that only 5% of Iraqis pay electricity bills, while he said that there was "no answer" about the possibility of the electricity industry in Iraq.
Al-Kazemi said in a press conference held after the end of the cabinet session, which was followed by Shafak News Agency, "I went to the Ministry of Electricity when I assumed the position and asked them how to make electricity in Iraq, and the answer is there is no answer."
Al-Kazemi indicated that "only 5% of Iraqis pay their electricity bills," explaining that "the total of the bills in total reaches 10 billion dollars, which is a large number."
He stressed, "We are working to increase electrical energy production and find alternatives. It is unreasonable to build stations that depend on gas, and we do not have gas. What is this mathematical equation? That is why we changed the name of the ministry to the Ministry of Electricity and Alternative Energy, and we will go to alternative energy as well." Thermal stations, as well as the connection with neighboring countries.
He continued, "We have electrical interconnection projects with the Gulf states, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Jordan and Egypt, in order to provide gas until we reach the stage of self-sufficiency. We have a problem with Europe with electricity because of the war in Ukraine, energy prices are expensive in Europe, and we have reached reasonable prices, We will import electricity through Turkey, and we have signed agreements in this field, in addition to linking with neighboring countries."
Al-Kazemi pointed out that "the electricity file is thorny and complex and has many challenges, and the first question I asked to the Ministry of Electricity is how do you think about producing electrical energy in Iraq, and there was no answer. The absence of planning, and in the past years, electrical stations were built in an absurd manner without planning and without knowledge. That is why today we have a real electricity crisis in Iraq."
He added, "Last summer, despite all the attempts of terrorists and some groups to blow up towers and attempts to blow up some stations, despite all this, we managed to reach a production of 21,000 megawatts. Today we have less than that, because of the interruption of Iranian gas, and because of debts owed to Iran. These debts This is not a precedent for this government, and this government has been scrupulously committed to providing funds to Iran.”
The Prime Minister explained, "With all this, this government provided all the money and we did not delay a single day in paying, but there are debts before 2020, and the gas has been cut off. There is a bad atmosphere that affected the supply of electric power, but the Brotherhood in the Islamic Republic promised us a solution." The issue is that they re-pump our gas needs in the coming days."
He stressed, "the need not to politicize the electricity file, nor to use it for political purposes, as it is a shameful thing to exploit people's suffering in this way," adding, "There must be a complementary relationship between the citizen and the state, as the citizen needs to participate in the decision and perform his duty to prevent abuses." on the national network.
Iraq has been suffering from a shortage of electric power since the beginning of 1990, and the hours of electricity rationing increased after 2003 in Baghdad and the provinces, due to the aging of many stations in addition to the sabotage operations that the facilities have been exposed to during the past five years, as the hours of electricity cuts for citizens increased to about twenty An hour per day, which increased the people's dependence on small power generators.
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Al-Kazemi said in a press conference held after the end of the cabinet session, which was followed by Shafak News Agency, "I went to the Ministry of Electricity when I assumed the position and asked them how to make electricity in Iraq, and the answer is there is no answer."
Al-Kazemi indicated that "only 5% of Iraqis pay their electricity bills," explaining that "the total of the bills in total reaches 10 billion dollars, which is a large number."
He stressed, "We are working to increase electrical energy production and find alternatives. It is unreasonable to build stations that depend on gas, and we do not have gas. What is this mathematical equation? That is why we changed the name of the ministry to the Ministry of Electricity and Alternative Energy, and we will go to alternative energy as well." Thermal stations, as well as the connection with neighboring countries.
He continued, "We have electrical interconnection projects with the Gulf states, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Jordan and Egypt, in order to provide gas until we reach the stage of self-sufficiency. We have a problem with Europe with electricity because of the war in Ukraine, energy prices are expensive in Europe, and we have reached reasonable prices, We will import electricity through Turkey, and we have signed agreements in this field, in addition to linking with neighboring countries."
Al-Kazemi pointed out that "the electricity file is thorny and complex and has many challenges, and the first question I asked to the Ministry of Electricity is how do you think about producing electrical energy in Iraq, and there was no answer. The absence of planning, and in the past years, electrical stations were built in an absurd manner without planning and without knowledge. That is why today we have a real electricity crisis in Iraq."
He added, "Last summer, despite all the attempts of terrorists and some groups to blow up towers and attempts to blow up some stations, despite all this, we managed to reach a production of 21,000 megawatts. Today we have less than that, because of the interruption of Iranian gas, and because of debts owed to Iran. These debts This is not a precedent for this government, and this government has been scrupulously committed to providing funds to Iran.”
The Prime Minister explained, "With all this, this government provided all the money and we did not delay a single day in paying, but there are debts before 2020, and the gas has been cut off. There is a bad atmosphere that affected the supply of electric power, but the Brotherhood in the Islamic Republic promised us a solution." The issue is that they re-pump our gas needs in the coming days."
He stressed, "the need not to politicize the electricity file, nor to use it for political purposes, as it is a shameful thing to exploit people's suffering in this way," adding, "There must be a complementary relationship between the citizen and the state, as the citizen needs to participate in the decision and perform his duty to prevent abuses." on the national network.
Iraq has been suffering from a shortage of electric power since the beginning of 1990, and the hours of electricity rationing increased after 2003 in Baghdad and the provinces, due to the aging of many stations in addition to the sabotage operations that the facilities have been exposed to during the past five years, as the hours of electricity cuts for citizens increased to about twenty An hour per day, which increased the people's dependence on small power generators.
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