Jordan Electric Company: Ready to Supply Power to Lebanon

Amjad Al-Rawashdeh, the director of the Jordan National Electric Company, announced that Jordan is ready to supply electricity to Lebanon, pending the resolution of some financial matters by the Lebanese side. The director stated that the electricity interconnection project with Iraq is proceeding as planned, with the first phase on the Jordanian side expected to conclude in August. The Iraqi Ministry of Electricity had previously announced that the interconnection with Jordan would go into service in early July with an initial capacity of 50 megawatts.