Al-Sayyadi met with the director of UNRWA: The camps must pay their dues to the Electricity Corporation, or power will be cut off
LBCI: Energy and Water Minister Joe Al-Sayyadi met with the director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) affairs in Lebanon, Dorothy Klaus, accompanied by the agency’s head of legal affairs, Julian Elderfield. Al-Sayyadi called for “finding a mechanism to ensure payment of future bills…”
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Electricity supply and reform
Does the announcement concern financing, fuel, grid repairs or electricity actually delivered?
A 2019 IMF paper examined electricity-sector inefficiencies and the proposed reform plan. The sector’s problems therefore predate the recent announcements.
IMF · 2019 ↗In October 2024, the World Bank announced approval of a $250 million project for renewable energy, grid services and reforms in Lebanon. Project approval does not establish that works are complete or that supply has improved.
World Bank · 2024 ↗
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