Electricity: The lack of allocations prevented the addition of 3,000 megawatts to the system

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[size=52]Electricity: The lack of allocations prevented the addition of 3,000 megawatts to the system[/size]

[size=45]Baghdad/ Firas Adnan[/size]
[size=45]The Ministry of Electricity reported that the lack of funds prevented the addition of 3,000 megawatts to the national grid, revealing a decision to treat those in agricultural and slum areas the same as their peers in residential areas through collection, and talked about proceeding with the electronic collection project as the guarantor in limiting abuses and reducing consumption within hours. Peak.[/size]
[size=45]The state’s public treasury has spent about $81 billion on the electricity file since 2003, but the ministry confirms that those sums went to salaries and supplied gas, as well as repairing the damage caused by the terrorist organization ISIS to the systems during its occupation of a number of provinces between 2014 and 2017.[/size]
[size=45]The ministry's spokesman, Ahmed Moussa, said, "The Ministry of Electricity is making efforts to achieve stability for the national grid."[/size]
[size=45]Moussa added, "One of the achievements is related to the introduction of Adhamiya station 132, which is among the transformational stations that were introduced to work in Baghdad. It would remove bottlenecks, treat low energy power, and help increase processing hours in areas north of the capital, which are Adhamiya, Tunis and Al-Qurayat." Arab horizons, Cairo and Selaikh districts, all the way to the 600th area.[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out that "these developments would introduce high reliability into the transport network," and talked about "a number of other projects that will enter the work in the coming days."[/size]
[size=45]Moussa stressed, "Readiness to add generating energies and transmission lines, in addition to the distribution sector," noting that "the new Adhamiya station achieves access to areas that were witnessing multiple fires."[/size]
[size=45]And he stated, "Some of the citizens say that the national electricity comes for only five minutes," and attributed this to "the presence of additional loads on the feeder and this station will work to address this issue."[/size]
[size=45]Moussa pointed out that "a set of problems that impeded the implementation of the ministry's plan, or that it was partially implemented, is the financial file."[/size]
[size=45]He noted, "The ministry's plan was to add 7,000 megawatts within one year, and this year it will reach 25,000 megawatts."[/size]
[size=45]And Moussa indicated, "The level of the increase was 4,000 megawatts, due to the ministry's keenness to employ what was granted to it from the government, which is 500 billion dinars, by distributing it among the formations."[/size]
[size=45]And he continues, "The ministry called for these amounts of periodic and emergency maintenance and introduced transmission lines with partial support in the distribution sector."[/size]
[size=45]And Moussa added, "The electricity file suffers from the spread of random areas and the fragmentation of agricultural lands by converting them into housing, and all of this doubles demand rates." He cautioned, "The ministry's reliance on the so-called "excuses" in spending, which do not keep pace with the funds needed by this file.[/size]
[size=45]Moussa stated, "The ministry's obligations include covering the expenses of imported fuel, increasing production, releasing bottlenecks, efforts for distribution, and employee salaries, in conjunction with the lack of fuel and the large number of abuses on the national network."[/size]
[size=45]He explained, "The ministry moved on the abuses through a government horizon, and met through the governorates coordinating body, and we asked the governors to define a five-year plan for the shape of the cities affiliated with them to keep pace with the demand, and the answer came that they do not have such plans and they do not have an annual plan for this matter."[/size]
[size=45]Moussa stressed, "The governors also informed us of their inability to limit abuses, as citizens are randomly converting areas into residential areas, and we provide them with services."[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out that "the opinion committee in the ministry took a decision that was approved by the Council of Ministers to proceed with treating irregular consumers in slums and agricultural lands the same as consumers, as they receive a service that affects the regular neighborhoods."[/size]
[size=45]And Moussa indicated, "The decision includes the delivery of a service to these areas with the installation of standards with the aim of maximizing the state's resources through collection, and we proceeded to electrify the villages, countryside and peripheral areas in order to organize the network with the current reality."[/size]
[size=45]And he spoke about “preparing an integrated study to end the problem of electricity meters in order to switch to electronic measurements in order to reduce consumption at peak times, maximize collection resources and end abuses on the national network.”[/size]
[size=45]Moussa added, "The ministry has many plans to advance reality and increase processing hours, and it also includes moving towards solar energy projects as well as linking projects with neighboring countries."[/size]
[size=45]For his part, the deputy head of the Parliamentary Energy Committee, inside Radi, stated that "the current production of electricity does not meet the needs of Iraq, and did not exceed 20 thousand megawatts."[/size]
[size=45]Radi continued, "The current days are witnessing a significant increase in demand for electricity due to the rise in temperatures, and the ministry is working to keep pace with this through a number of procedures and maintenance."[/size]
[size=45]And he indicated, "The problem that the electricity file suffers from in Iraq is not limited to production, there is a defect in the file of distribution and transmission, and the network is exposed to abuses in the governorates, some of which have led to complete shutdowns."[/size]
[size=45]Radi concluded, "The electricity situation in general is improving, and we have noticed this through the daily processing rates compared to previous years."[/size]
[size=45]Observers are calling for transferring the collection process from electricity service to investment in order to ensure access to funds. The scourge of corruption that afflicts state institutions is one of the reasons for the continuation of the energy crisis, in addition to the networks’ exposure to actual problems outside the control of the state, including the low levels of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, the suspension of some power stations in dams, and terrorist operations against electricity transmission towers from time to time. In addition to the continuing growing demand for the current at an annual rate of about two thousand megawatts.[/size]
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