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Cabinet decides to borrow $100 million from BDL to buy fuel for Lebanon’s electricity grid

Date: 
Wednesday, September 29, 2021

من ابرز القرارات التي اتخذها المجلس: الموافقة على تكليف وزير المالية استقراض مبلغ 100 مليون دولار من مصرف لبنان لزوم مؤسسة كهرباء لبنان لتأمين زيادة عدد ساعات التغذية.

Cabinet has decided to borrow $100 million from BDL to buy fuel for Lebanon’s electricity grid, a move that would increase power supply to 8 hours per day, Energy Minister Walid Fayad said in a press conference. Lebanon has been facing blackouts of up to 22 hours per day recently

Acting Bodies: 
Lebanese Government
Type: 
Resolutions
Categories: 
Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...)
Impact: 
National
Status: 
Approved/ Ratified
Civil Society Response: 
Not applicable