By John Lee.
A wide-scale campaign to remove illegal connections from the national electricity grid was launched on Saturday in Baghdad and across all governorates, according to the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity.
The operation was conducted under the field supervision of Khalid Ghazai Attiya, Deputy Minister for Transmission and Distribution Affairs, with the participation of the directors general of the Legal Directorate and the Economic Directorate, along with the head of the Citizens' Affairs Department, the director of the Karkh Electricity Distribution Branch, and engineering and technical staff.
The campaign covered residential and commercial areas within the Al-Hurriya and Central Karkh electricity sectors, as part of a structured and escalating work plan aimed at progressively addressing violations and protecting grid stability.
The Deputy Minister stated that the ministry had begun implementing government directives on the removal of illegal connections, which are responsible for energy losses of approximately 55 percent of total power supplied to consumers, with a resulting negative impact on supply hours.
The ministry added that the continuation of such violations leads to unplanned load increases and depletion of generated capacity, compounding operational challenges, particularly given the exceptional circumstances currently facing the country.
(Source: Ministry of Electricity)
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