AMMAN — The
Ministry of Energy said that the government will purchase the Risha power
plant for JD550,000.
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Minister of Energy, Saleh Kharabsheh, said gas
production at Risha field was suspended after the expiration of the agreement
with the Risha power plant.
A previous statement by the ministry, however, had
stated that “a temporary halt due to the end of the operational lifetime of the
Risha Electric Power Plant”.
Economist Hashem Aqel told
Jordan News that
the purchase will “serve a future plan to build an industrial zone near the
border with Iraq”.
“It will also be useful for the planned Iraqi power
link with Jordan,” he added.
Aqel noted that “if the government purchases all
power plants, it would be more feasible and profitable.”
Economist and
energy specialist Amer Al-Showbaki told
Jordan News that the purchase is
“a step in the right direction, which will fix some blunders committed in
privatization”.
But he added that the halt of production for the
last 20 days should not go unnoticed, because it “has its costs”.
Lawmaker Firas Al Ajarmeh, head of of the Lower
House of the Parliament’s Committee on Energy, told
Jordan News that
“the committee supports the purchase of the Risha power plant and all other
power plants as well”.
He added that “the purchase would generate more
money for the budget”.
He pointed out that the committee and the minister will meet
in parliament on Tuesday to further discuss the purchase.
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