Al-Abbadi Office: The application of investment in the collection of electricity proved successful in the shops Zayouna (expanded)




Bertha News Agency 64 2017-04-02

The Office of Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Sunday that "the application of the experience of investment in the project of collecting electricity wages proved successful in the shops of the Zayouna commercial area in the capital Baghdad."

A spokesman for Prime Minister Saad al-Hadithi said in a statement today that "the experience of implementing the investment program in the electricity distribution sector proved to be a great success as the consumption of stores in Zayouna fell from 52 MW to 25 MW and the number of hours of processing from 12 hours per day to processing Continuous clock ".

He said Sabri that "the investment program in the electricity sector will contribute to stop the waste of representatives of public money 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 And this amount is equivalent to more than two-thirds of total revenue collection of electricity, and is expected when the implementation of the program of investment in the electricity sector that the import revenues to $ 4 billion annually.

He pointed out that "the government is seeking to address the imbalance in the electricity sector and is doing its best to provide better service to the citizen and the best way to do this is through the activation of the investment program where this program will provide huge amounts spent from the budget of Iraq on the electricity sector will not cost the treasury because the proportion of the investor Of 12.9% deducted from the wages of collection.

"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 and 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 among regions , Energy consumption without meters and exceeding standards, and non-payment of wages.

He pointed out that "the proportion of rumors compared to the amount of electrical energy produced 67% and provide these rumors will mean the practical increase in the amount of energy within the national network to double what it is today and this will make the amount of energy produced currently sufficient to meet the total consumption, which is at the peak peak 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 support costs for fuel, which supply him the government for civil generators in addition to the possibility of dispensing with the energy of For imported electricity, which cost about one billion and two hundred million dollars annually. "

He pointed out that "the government provides significant support to the electricity consumption prices measured in kilowatt-hours per hour within the system of collection started in 2016, which will be working according to him in the program of investment in the distribution of electric power, which was launched in mid-last year and is expanding its application Gradually in Baghdad and the provinces, where the proportion of support provided to the consumer limit of more than 90% of the cost of production of the electric unit, especially for those with limited income as the cost of production of the electric unit 153 dinars, while sold to the citizen at 10 dinars for the consumption of 10 amps continuously For the month, and 20 dinars for those who reach consumption to 15 amps continuously throughout the month, and 40 dinars for those who consume up to 20 amps continuously throughout the month, and this will be the amounts specified in the collection system and in the framework of the investment program in the service, maintenance and collection adopted by the government sector. "

He added that "the price of amps per month 1000 dinars for those who consume ten ampere or less around the clock, and 1500 dinars per ampere per month for those who consume between 10-15 amps around the clock, and thousands dinars per ampere per month for those who consume 20 amps around the clock "Pointing out that" the proportion of electricity consumption prices gradually rising to match directly with the increase in consumption. "

He stressed that "this specific pricing of electricity consumption units shows the level of significant support provided by the government to the citizen in the collection of electricity within the new investment program, as well as that the citizen will be equipped with continuous processing of electricity, which means abandoning the generators civil and burdens the citizen high wages imposed by their owners On the participants as well as the environmental pollution and health hazards caused by the residential neighborhoods in addition to the noise accompanying the operation.

In the same context, Al-Hadithi said, "Since the government took over its responsibilities on September 9, 2014, several projects have been completed to increase the generating capacity of the electricity sector. The projects have been opened [inserting four investment units at Basmaya station in Baghdad with 1000 MW] Basra 500 MW, the opening of the gas station Amarah 500 MW, the opening of the Diwaniyah gas station 500 MW, the opening of the gas station Haidariyah in Najaf 160 MW].

However, 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 to more than 20% of the total production of Iraq over the previous years, "stressing that" it is hoped to increase the generation capacity by 2500 MW after the completion of the extension of the pipeline carrier of Iranian gas. "

He added that "the axis of the advancement of services provided to the citizen was among the five axes included in the government reform paper adopted by Dr. Haider Abadi In the forefront of these services comes to provide citizens with electric power for hours of processing more and improve the reality of the electricity sector in Iraq after years of procrastination, But the service provided to the citizen remained below the level of ambition. "

He explained that the government reform paper referred to the adoption of a package of measures to solve the problems of electricity in the fields of production, transport, distribution and collection, noting that the government program voted by the House of Representatives and within the axis of upgrading the level of service and livelihood of the citizen has included treatments of bottlenecks of the electric power sector to provide them with continuity and reliability, And supporting private investment in the electricity sector. "

"The government has adopted a policy to increase the production of electric power in harmony with the start of a comprehensive program to reduce waste and reduce the rumors and end the excesses in electric power and put the distribution of electric power to invest in the areas of service and maintenance and collection."

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