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Minister of Electricity: Electricity in Iraq "better" than in neighboring countries
April 18, 2015
BAGHDAD / News Network Iraq after the clamor and dissatisfaction large popular of approval of the Iraqi Council of Ministers new pricing for electricity processed for citizens and determine the minimum 15 thousand dinars ($ 13) a month to rise upward to reach 750 thousand dinars (650) dollars while the electricity offer wages symbolic of up to two dollars and 20 dollars,
said Minister of Electricity,Qassim al-Fahdawi, in a press conference held at the parliament building with a number of members of the Oil and Energy Committee: "The annual expenses owed by the ministry and the required repayment this year, amounting to $ 12 billion and we expect to reach $ 24 billion in 2020, with the increase in production of electric energy. "
He said the minister that the Iraqi parliament demanded hosted Thursday against the backdrop of new rates, that" balancing the federal government alone can not afford these amounts and increase the pricing of electricity wages approved by the Council of Ministers was in order that the ministry can bring to the development of the electrical system resources in order to sustain throughout the day and to rationalize consumption,"
adding that "Iraq's production of electrical energy compared to per capita better than neighboring countries, but there are profusion of electric power, "he described.
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April 18, 2015
BAGHDAD / News Network Iraq after the clamor and dissatisfaction large popular of approval of the Iraqi Council of Ministers new pricing for electricity processed for citizens and determine the minimum 15 thousand dinars ($ 13) a month to rise upward to reach 750 thousand dinars (650) dollars while the electricity offer wages symbolic of up to two dollars and 20 dollars,
said Minister of Electricity,Qassim al-Fahdawi, in a press conference held at the parliament building with a number of members of the Oil and Energy Committee: "The annual expenses owed by the ministry and the required repayment this year, amounting to $ 12 billion and we expect to reach $ 24 billion in 2020, with the increase in production of electric energy. "
He said the minister that the Iraqi parliament demanded hosted Thursday against the backdrop of new rates, that" balancing the federal government alone can not afford these amounts and increase the pricing of electricity wages approved by the Council of Ministers was in order that the ministry can bring to the development of the electrical system resources in order to sustain throughout the day and to rationalize consumption,"
adding that "Iraq's production of electrical energy compared to per capita better than neighboring countries, but there are profusion of electric power, "he described.
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