Director General of the National Electric Power Company (NEPCO) Sufyan Batayneh revealed on Sunday that Jordan approved an Iraqi request to extend the agreement for supplying electricity from the country’s grid to Iraq for another year.In a press statement following his meeting with Iraqi officials, Batayneh said that the agreement to supply electricity from the NEPCO to Rutba in western Iraq was extended for an additional year following a request from the Iraqi side.In early July, Jordan announced that a project to increase power supplies to Iraq will be completed in August as part of the second phase of the electrical interconnection project between the two countries.Iraq, which is now experiencing a severe power shortage, acquired around 40 megawatts in the first quarter of 2024 after completing the project’s initial phase.Batayneh revealed earlier that 99 percent of the project within Iraq’s borders is completed, and the facilities will be completely operational by August.Jordan is expected to supply 150 megawatts of electricity to Iraq by the end of August, according to Batayneh.The first phase of the project went into operation in the first quarter of 2024, linking the Risha power plant in Jordan and the Rutba power station in Iraq at a voltage of 132 kilovolts.Iraq and Jordan signed an agreement in February 2024 in the Jordanian capital, Amman, to provide Iraq with 40 megawatts of electricity in the first phase.In the medium run, further connecting phases may raise Jordan’s electricity supply to Iraq to 500 megawatts. (ICE AMMAN)

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