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Ministry of Electricity (Iraq)

Government ministry of Iraq

Summary

Government ministry of Iraq

Field	Value
agency_name	Republic of Iraq
Ministry of Electricity
nativename	وزارة الكهرباء
logo	Ministry of Electricity Iraq.svg
logo_width	150px
jurisdiction	Government of Iraq
headquarters	Baghdad Iraq
coordinates
chief1_name	Ziad Ali Fadhil
chief1_position	Minister
website

Ministry of Electricity

The Ministry of Electricity (MoE; ) is the Iraqi federal government ministry concerned with the production, transmission, and distribution of electrical energy in the country.

It is responsible for both the policymaking and the electricity supply throughout the country. The operational functions (power generation, transmission, load dispatch and distribution) are no longer autonomous corporatized entities, but were reorganized into 18 geographically based directorates within MoE.

Successive ministerial resignations

Since 2003, not a single Minister of Electricity's job has survived the summer season (a total of 18 ministers), with the latest resignation having been submitted in June 2021. That resignation by then-Minister Majed Hantoosh coincided with widespread blackouts which took place during soaring temperatures exceeding 50 C, caused in part by Iran having cut energy supplies to the country. Hantoosh resigned a day prior to the Iranian cutback announcement. Some experts estimate that Iraq loses 30 to 50 percent of its electrical supply to outdated circuits.

References

[https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210703-iraq-sizzles-as-blackouts-hit "Iraq sizzles as blackouts hit".] ''[[France 24]]'', July 3, 2021.

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