To confront the electricity crisis...a parliamentary call to oblige state departments to adopt solar energy, 24 JUNE

 To confront the electricity crisis...a parliamentary call to oblige state departments to adopt solar energy

6/22/2024  Baghdad

The Parliamentary Electricity and Energy Committee called, on Saturday, to oblige state departments to adopt a solar energy system to confront the electricity crisis in the country.

The committee said in a statement, seen by Al-Iqtisad News, that “in light of the climate that the country is experiencing, with temperatures rising above 50 degrees Celsius and increasing power outages, the citizen is suffering from a real crisis of energy shortages. The committee calls on the government to :

1- Reconsidering the mechanism for distributing electrical energy, rehabilitating generating units, and maintaining the dilapidated network, and the need to take urgent measures to address the above problems. 

2- The committee calls on the Ministry of Electricity to bear full responsibility for providing electrical energy to citizens and distributing electricity fairly. 

3- The committee calls on the Prime Minister and the Minister of Electricity to replace the general managers and branch managers who were proven to be negligent in performing their duties in overcoming the crisis. And those who have held positions for long periods. 

4- Requesting the Prime Minister to oblige all state departments and the private sector to install and establish a solar energy system at a rate of 25% of their departments’ consumption, provided that it is implemented during a period not exceeding three months.

5- Activating and adapting the Central Bank’s initiative regarding solar energy for citizens and accelerating its implementation in order to support the national grid. 

6- The Ministry of Oil must provide the fuel share for stations under construction and invest in the associated gas. 

7- Intensifying the efforts of the Ministry of Electricity and accelerating the transformation of the electricity system into a smart network and implementing all projects that will preserve the use of electrical energy in the optimal way. 

The committee confirmed, according to the statement, “that it will approve the evaluation form for general managers and branch managers and submit it to the Council of Ministers and the Ministry of Electricity to take the necessary measures according to the evaluation issued by the committee.”  LINK