Electricity: We Are Proceeding With The Procedures To Release Turkmen Gas
The Ministry of Electricity confirmed, today, Thursday, that it is proceeding with the procedures to launch Turkmen gas, while indicating that the crises that are occurring in electricity and supply hours are due to the scarcity of fuel.
The spokesman for the Ministry of Electricity, Ahmed Musa, told the Iraqi News Agency (INA): “In the midst of the Ministry of Electricity’s preparations and the proactive plan to receive the peak winter loads and early preparations for the summer, the Ministry of Electricity has begun to be somewhat ready to receive the peak winter loads in terms of preparing production stations and generating units, networks, power transmission lines, distribution networks, and the work underway to address bottlenecks and rehabilitate the network’s performance in the midst of this major plan being carried out by the Ministry of Electricity.”
He pointed out that "some of the crises that occur in electricity and the hours of preparation are not actually an electricity crisis, but rather a fuel shortage, and they are clearly and explicitly reflected at times on the power stations, as they are responsible for determining the loads and some other generating units stop."
Speaking about Iranian gas, Musa explained that “there is a decrease in releases from 13 million cubic meters to 12 million cubic meters yesterday, and today the reduction has reached 7 million cubic meters,” stressing that “this decrease in gas with the approach of the peak winter loads that require energy and sustainability for the stations’ operation determines the loads of some production stations, especially large stations such as (Bismaya, Al-Sadr Gas, Al-Mansouriya, and other stations).”
Musa pointed out that “a shortage of gas in this manner is enough to limit the system’s loads and stop some other generating units,” noting that “we have completed the signing of the Turkmen gas agreement and an agreement has been reached on the quantities, pricing, and the passage of gas and its method through Iranian pipelines.”
He continued: “There is talk about implementing the Cabinet’s decisions to open credit with the “ TBI ” by placing the first payment according to the Cabinet’s decision and the advance payment mechanism represented by the first payment of money for Turkmen gas,” noting that “there are a number of procedures with the Ministry of Finance that must be completed and the first payment must be placed so that Turkmen gas can be launched.”
He stated that “the decrease in fuel or gas, whether domestic or imported, affects production stations, and there is no alternative plan other than coordination with the Ministry of Oil and according to the decision of the Council of Ministers, which is permanent and continuous to secure fuel for the stations or diesel oil or other fuel derivatives for the stations to operate.”
He added, "The need will not be met in the absence of imported gas and part of the national gas, and some of the electricity crises are in reality a fuel crisis and a shortage in the production stations. Other than that, the plan is going well and preparations are underway to complete the readiness to enter the peak winter loads."
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