Baghdad – Conscious – Muhammad Al-Talibi
Today, Wednesday, the Ministry of Electricity identified the reasons for the disparity in the rate of energy supply between the governorates, while indicating the existence of coordination with the Iranian side and the Ministry of Oil to ensure the arrival of sufficient fuel quantities to raise the level of supply.
The ministry’s spokesman, Ahmed Musa, told the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that “the energy supply rate varies from one governorate to another and from one region to another, according to a group of factors, including the availability of fuel and the impact of some stations on the increase in demand for consumption, and the technical symptoms that are presented on the network.” And other things that affect the rate of electricity supply hours.
Moussa added, “Iraq is going through a decline in the releases of the supplied gas, and the lack of releases of national fuel in favor of the stations,” pointing out that “the governorates that recorded a decline in electricity supply hours are the capital Baghdad and the governorates of the Middle Euphrates due to the scarcity of fuel.”
He pointed out that “the ministry is coordinating with the Iranian side and the Ministry of Oil to ensure the arrival of sufficient quantities of fuel to operate the stations and raise the hours of electricity supply.”