Electricity makes a new promise..and observers: the supply will not exceed 12 hours per day

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[size=52]Electricity makes a new promise..and observers: the supply will not exceed 12 hours per day[/size]

[size=45]Baghdad / Firas Adnan[/size]
[size=45]The Ministry of Electricity made new promises to improve the status of the national system during the summer, while observers confirmed that the processing according to the drawn plan would not exceed 12 hours per day.[/size]
[size=45]A spokesman for the Ministry of Electricity, Ahmed Musa, said, "The ministry included its plan to improve the status of the electrical system to take a number of steps, the first of which is pressure on operating expenses by introducing combined cycle units that give additional production."[/size]
[size=45]Moussa added, "The work of the technical staff includes an intensive maintenance program for the generating units and achieving full availability and capacities through the readiness of the conveyor lines and transformer stations."[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out, to "work to remove bottlenecks in the electrical network, with the development of feeders and the installation of fixed and mobile stations in load centers at the level of the distribution sector."[/size]
[size=45]Moussa concluded by "approving and approving electronic taxation, which is the smart grid projects, while proceeding with solar energy projects and electrical interconnection with neighboring countries."[/size]
[size=45]This comes, while the Minister of Electricity, Ziyad Ali Fadel, spoke yesterday about a “new work plan, which stipulates setting a work schedule for each station separately,” calling for “more effort to be made in maintenance operations and rehabilitation of stations to raise the level of production.”[/size]
[size=45]Fadel expressed his conviction that "this plan will contribute greatly to resolving the electricity file in Iraq in the coming years," stressing that "it will be presented to the Council of Ministers in the next session."[/size]
[size=45]He promised, "The next stage will witness actual action steps to increase production," but indicated that it is not possible to "handle all files within a short period."[/size]
[size=45]"The goal at the present time is to achieve greater stability of the electrical network during the coming summer season, which usually witnesses a crisis at peak times," Fadel said.[/size]
[size=45]And Fadel went on to say, "The Iraqi Ministry of Electricity has drawn up a plan to stabilize energy production to 24,000 megawatts, during the next summer."[/size]
[size=45]For his part, economic researcher Abd al-Rahman al-Mashhadani said, "There are a number of obstacles facing the electric power file in Iraq that have contributed without resolving the crisis completely until the present time."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Mashhadani continued, "The first of these obstacles is the problem of financing and corruption in financing," explaining that "Iraq has spent more than $81 billion on electricity, and until now, production still ranges between 20,000 to 22,000 megawatts."[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out that "Iraq was supposed to produce 45,000 megawatts now," and talked about "another problem related to the deterioration of networks after the government focused on production and neglected transportation, distribution and collection."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Mashhadani said, "These sectors are plagued with major problems and need a complete renewal, because they have caused a huge waste in the production sector."[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out, "a great transgression of the national system due to the slums that have appeared in most Iraqi cities," explaining that "the country now contains 4,000 slums inhabited by three million people, most of whom are transgressing the national network."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Mashhadani stressed, "New promises to find radical solutions to the electricity crisis will not be fulfilled, because we have a government that will not exceed three years old, with a deficit of 18,000 megawatts."[/size]
[size=45]And he goes on, “The Minister of Electricity recently talked about an increase in the summer by about two thousand megawatts, to reach 24 thousand megawatts, while we need more than 40 thousand megawatts.”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Mashhadani talked about "the need to build new and giant electric stations, not partial to small stations," stressing that "what the ministry is seeking during the next season is equipped with 12 to 13 hours at best."[/size]
[size=45]He explained, "The tendency to privatize the electricity sector is a controversial matter in Parliament. One party wants to proceed with it and another stands against it." He described "the experience of some Baghdad neighborhoods with privatization as successful, which are the areas of Zayouna and Yarmouk, and the pricing was cheaper than subscriptions to private generators."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Mashhadani said, "The experience of the private sector is supposed to be successful, and the evidence is that the solution to the electricity crisis is undertaken by this sector through the distribution of small private generators that covered all residential areas."[/size]
[size=45]He finds, "If the private sector received this file completely early, the problem would have ended early without the need to waste resources in building stations that do not bring benefit because they are under the jaws of corruption."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Mashhadani added, "The issue of gas shortage is one of the main causes of the electricity crisis, as Iraq depends on the gas supplied to operate its stations."[/size]
[size=45]He regretted that "Iraq burns more than half of its gas needs, and it was able to solve this crisis since 2014."[/size]
[size=45]And al-Mashhadani went on to say that "the licensing rounds concluded in 2010 included an appendix that talks about gas investment and the separation of chemical compounds for investment in the electricity sector, and contracts were signed with Shell and Mitsubishi, but that issue has remained in place until now."[/size]
[size=45]The electric power file has been suffering from major problems since 2003, and despite spending large sums on this sector, the situation has not improved and Iraqis are still suffering from it, especially during the summer.[/size]
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