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The Central Committee of Generator Owners denied the news reported in one of the media that a meeting was held between the advisor of the Minister of Energy and a group of generators’ owners, during which the price of the generator bill was increased by 60% compared to last month.
Meanwhile the Lebanese Electricity Corporation announced that the electricity supply will increase shortly The Lebanese Electricity Corporation issued the following statement: “Further to the statement of the Electricity of Lebanon on 02/25/2021, the EDL announces that the marine tanker loaded with fuel oil (Grade A) has finished unloading the quantity allocated to the Zouk Thermal Factory, and it is currently mooring off the shore of the Jiyeh Thermal Power Plant to unload the specified quantity. And that the marine tanker loaded with “gas oil” has finished unloading the quantity allocated to the Zahrani plant, which is currently moored off the shore of the Deir Ammar plant to unload the amount allocated to it, but it is not possible for these two tankers to unload the remainder of their cargo due to bad weather and marine conditions, knowing that the storage in both the Jiyeh Thermal Factories and Deir Ammar has decreased very sharply and is near.
As for the marine tanker loaded with (Grade B) fuel oil, it is still anchored off the Lebanese coast, waiting for the documentary credit to be opened, so that after that the banking procedures will be completed and the approval of the supplier is issued, In order for the marine tanker to then be able to unload its cargo, noting that the storage of this material in the laboratories working on it, i.e. the two energy-producing ships and the reverse engine processors, is about to run out. Consequently, all Lebanese regions, including Beirut’s administrative district, will feel the start of a gradual improvement in the supply of electric current, after the completion of the unloading of the remaining cargo of the two marine carriers in question in each of the Jiyeh Thermal Laboratories and Deir Ammar.
The EDL also confirms, once again, that it will continue to take the necessary precautionary measures continuously, to maintain as much stability as possible in the supply of electricity for the longest possible period within the current difficult conditions that the country is going through, especially since the institution is still spending to date, from the balance The remainder of the state’s contribution to Law No. 6, dated 03/05/2020.
