Status of Electricity in Jerusalem: It's Complicated - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Daoud Kuttab

Daoud Kuttab

Jan 5, 2013

Electricity pylons and power transmission lines are seen at night near Kibbutz Negba in southern Israel May 17, 2012. Israel Electric Corp (IEC), which is responsible for nearly every aspect of electricity from running power plants to connecting households, simply cannot keep up with growing demand.The state-owned utility just lost natural gas supplies from neighbouring Egypt and fuel costs are soaring. Reserves are low and capacity insufficient and the government, under pressure from massive cost-of-living — Electricity pylons and power transmission lines are seen at night in Israel, July 18, 2012. — REUTERS/Amir Cohen

A worker walks at the site where a new electricity plant will be built in Jalamah, near the West Bank town of Jenin, following the signing of a new contract on July 10, 2017.
Israel Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz made a rare appearance by a high-ranking Israeli official in the occupied West Bank to sign the agreement on electricity with the Palestinian Authority. / AFP PHOTO / JAAFAR ASHTIYEH (Photo credit should read JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP via Getty Images)

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Electricians install new power transmission lines at a construction site in the West Bank city of Ramallah September 3, 2012. The cash-strapped government of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Authority, is so behind with its bills that an Israeli electricity supplier has threatened to cut the power unless they pay outstanding debt of almost $80 million. Picture taken September 3, 2012. To match Feature PALESTINIANS/ECONOMY REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) - GM1E8951PIW01

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