AMMAN —
The
Lower House Energy and Minerals Committee on Tuesday has recommended that
citizens who were proven to have incurred losses due to the power outage during
the recent storm be compensated, according to the head of the committee, MP
Firas Al-Ajarmeh.
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Ajarmeh said lawmakers will pass recommendations to
the
Ministry of Energy to follow up on work by a consulting company that was
tasked to evaluate the power grid and take a decision, including compensation
for citizens who incurred losses as a result of the power cuts and upgrading
the electricity distribution companies’ capacity during the peak hours and
their response to emergencies.
Earlier this week the Cabinet decided to hire a
consulting firm to assess the status of the electrical network in various
regions of the Kingdom, especially in the capital Amman. The council has also
called for modernizing the power grid and setting standards for evaluating the
performance of electricity distribution companies so that they are compatible
with international standards. The companies will be held accountable according
to the agreed upon standards.
The committee has recommended that the capacity of
telephone exchanges at the power companies be raised. It also called to raise
the capacity of telephone exchanges at relevant government agencies to deal
with emergency calls.
The committee also recommended the modernization of
the distribution grids and electrical transformers, in addition to the
development of a comprehensive and specific plan to remove all obstacles facing
the aerial and underground power lines.
He said in a press release that the committee
proposed a master plan to remove all obstacles to overhead and ground power
lines and install a power control and monitoring system at the main stations of
the national electricity company and air circuit breakers on low-voltage
networks.
Last Saturday, the
Lower House Energy Committee launched an
investigation regarding the power outages during the recent storm, in the
presence of the energy minister and the head of the Energy and Minerals
Regulatory Commission.
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