Lebanon’s power utility company announced Saturday a nationwide power outage, including at Beirut’s airport and port.
The Electricity of Lebanon said that the last group of production units at the Zahrani Power Plant, which supplies the country with electricity, went offline after running out of fuel.
This led to a complete halt of electricity supply across all Lebanese territories. The power outage affected key facilities, including the Rafik Hariri International Airport, Port of Beirut, prisons, wastewater treatment facilities, and drinking water pumping stations.
The Zahrani Plant, in southern Lebanon, is one of the most important power generation stations in the country and currently the only operational one, supplying most of Lebanon’s electricity needs.
The statement said the shutdown of all production units at this plant came after exhausting all possible precautionary measures to prolong energy production.
Lebanon has not had round-the-clock power since the 1990’s and cash transfers to Lebanon’s state electricity company, Electricité du Liban (EDL) to cover chronic losses have contributed tens of billions of dollars to the country’s huge public debt.
Unfortunately the Zionist banking system has taken Lebanon hostage, while making fuel deliveries from Syria or Iraq impossible.
The company said it will restart the production units at the Zahrani Plant that were forcibly taken offline, in line with the storage that will be available.
![A view of building of Zouk Power Station as the facility responsible for distributing the state's daily allocation of 4 hours of electricity is currently non-operational due to a lack of sufficient fuel in Beirut, Lebanon on August 17, 2024. [Houssam Shbaro - Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/AA-20240817-35427493-35427491-BEIRUTS_ZOUK_POWER_STATION_OFFLINE_AS_FUEL_SHORTAGE_DISRUPTS_ELECTRICITY_SUPPLY.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1)
Lebanon was forced to securing fuel, and gradually restore electricity supply to its previous levels, without disclosing the time needed for this.
Over the past couple of years, the frequency of power outages in Lebanon has significantly increased due to the government’s financial distress, which led to its inability to provide foreign currency to import fuel.
Lebanon’s power production earlier ranged between 1,600 and 2,000 megawatts daily, but the fuel shortage in recent years has gradually reduced production to unprecedentedly low levels.
Middle East Monitor / ABC Flash Point News 2024.
There is no government in Lebanon. There are only Zionist and Shi’ite cartels, gangs and militias.
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