Electricity Ministry to add 1,200 megawatts to Iraqi national grid in summer

[k98nights]

Electricity Ministry to add 1,200 megawatts to Iraqi national grid in summer

By Khayoun Saleh

Azzaman, February 3, 2011

The Electricity Ministry should be able to add 1,200 megawatts to the national grid once the repairs and maintenance of several power stations in the country is completed, according to a government official.

The claim, made by Musaab Mudaris, the ministry’s spokesman, comes as many Iraqi cities like Baghdad hardly enjoy two hours of uninterrupted power supplies.

But Mudaris said the repairs were of a scale that should improve supplies during the hot summer season in which demand peaks.

Four major power stations were mentioned by Mudaris to have undergone major repairs: Baiji, Musayab, Qudus and Nasiriya.

However, Mudaris did not make clear whether the 1,200 megawatts are a part of the plants’ original capacity or the result of reconstruction.

Seven years after U.S. invasion and billions of dollars in investments, Iraqis still have less electricity than in the months preceding the fall of Baghdad to U.S. troops in 2003.

http://www.azzaman.com/english/index.asp?fname=news\2011-02-03\kurd.htm

[tim5400]

Seven years after U.S. invasion and billions of dollars in investments, Iraqis still have less electricity than in the months preceding the fall of Baghdad to U.S. troops in 2003.

That line says it all....the goi has done little for the peeps so far imo

[Slaydadea]

I have to ask myself, "Billions of dollars in who's investments"? Hopefully this is a step in the right direction.