Lebanon's Energy Ministry said electricity supplies returned to normal on Sunday after a power outage and complete blackout happened yesterday after two of the largest power stations "Zahrani and Deir Ammar" plants were shut down due to fuel shortage.
The closure has added to the suffering of the Lebanese who are suffering from job losses, rising prices and starvation caused by the country's worsening financial collapse.
The ministry said it had received the approval of Banque du Liban to obtain a credit of $100 million to issue tenders to import fuel for electricity generation, adding that the country's electricity network resumed supplying the same amount of electricity as it was before the complete outage.
In a statement, the State Electricity Company said that the Lebanese army agreed, this evening, Saturday, to provide 6,000 kiloliters of gas oil, distributed equally between the two stations. The majority of Lebanese normally rely on private diesel generators despite short supply.
Meantime, the Lebanese lira has fallen by 90% since 2019.
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