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[00:00:00] the total, meaning all prices in Syria, and
[00:00:03] this is one of the risks of stopping commodity subsidies and moving towards
[00:00:07] other forms of social
[00:00:10] Syrian network. Our vision is that one support, that as long as these prices have not been reduced, meaning food
[00:00:14] and fuel transportation, there will be a significant increase in
[00:00:17] prices
[00:00:23] rate is very high. If you look at company executes the contract. Therefore, we went with that will transform some social classes into vulnerable classes once again, as if we are entering closed
[00:00:25] circles.
[00:00:29] Of course, of course, especially in agricultural areas because
[00:00:33] in agricultural areas diesel is used not
[00:00:37] generation capabilities. Of course, from only for heating but also for
[00:00:40] agricultural production in general. Diesel is heavily
[00:00:45] for our study of this consumed in Syria for transport, for agriculture, for small economic institutions,
[00:00:49] and for heating. It is really a glaring
[00:00:52] and strange political mistake.
[00:00:55] Of course, it is very understandable that there is pressure from rising global
[00:00:59] prices, it is understandable that the state does not have
[00:01:02] large capabilities, but all of this happened as a result
[00:01:06] of a technocratic decision. I want to draw attention to a very
[00:01:10] important additional issue that we discovered, meaning that the world has not discovered
[00:01:13] it yet, and it cannot see it now, which is the political dimension of economic
[00:01:17] decisions. The economy
[00:01:20] that are happening on is very much concerned with politics, lines, in addition to people's infringements on and politics is very much concerned with economics. You cannot
[00:01:23] let a few technocrats make economic
[00:01:27] the increase is decisions that have such a great impact on society.
[00:01:30] The state will have to pay the price politically, just as the state
[00:01:33] paid the price this week. So if the state wants to protect itself, if it wants to protect
[00:01:37] 4000 megawatts will enter the interests of society, then it must involve
[00:01:40] a much wider part of the Syrian
[00:01:43] political
[00:01:45] back. We must forces, the local Syrian forces, the economic
[00:01:49] actors must have a real role in economic decision-making, especially
[00:01:52] in such cases. Hmm. This is a very
[00:01:56] important point. I will convey it to you, Doctor. Who
[00:02:01] should participate in shaping
[00:02:03] heating purposes. This is what these economic policies? I mean, we see that there is a layer of
[00:02:07] economic elite that meets with the government,
[00:02:09] meets with President Ahmed Al-Shara, and
[00:02:13] then there is an announcement of certain investments,
[00:02:16] but at the union level, at the professional level, at
[00:02:19] the level
[00:02:21] of workers, at the level of farmers, do
[00:02:24] you think there is real
[00:02:25] production, three and a half times participation now?
[00:02:54] energy should not
[00:03:07] processing industries in From the memory of war
[00:03:09] phosphate and processing industries in
[00:03:11] electricity situation, because if we were to order it from the voice of the future emerges not a narration of a past
[00:03:15] that has passed, but
[00:03:17] 18 cents for gas at the birth of a new
[00:03:19] something else, which led to a voltage present. A platform that opens
[00:03:23] horizons and asks
[00:03:26] electricity gas. And in fact, this is big questions about the state, about society, and about tomorrow.
[00:03:31] Questions that do not shy away from the truth
[00:03:35] appear to you in the next and do not compromise on courage. The Third
[00:03:39] Republic, visions
[00:03:41] and to be brought and supplied and a voice in which everyone participates on Syria TV.
[00:03:45] 22 dollars per
[00:03:55] I see a plan to rebuild power, distributes it to Syria, and the streets are being
[00:03:59] paved. And electricity will return 24/7.
[00:04:02] And I see that this is true, but only
[00:04:06] on paper. Syria will return stronger than before, and the economy is
[00:04:10] recovering. The students are returning to
[00:04:12] a high cost in schools. A bright future, as
[00:04:16] I see it. Umm, very bright. Come see the darkness
[00:04:20] and the selling price. Also, in where I am. Half of the ninth-grade students have failed. No, but I see
[00:04:23] a glimmer of hope, and people are
[00:04:28] million cubic meters of gas time for planting and resisting and laughing. I mean, there is hope. We are the generation of change. What change? What are we going to change
[00:04:31] if there is no electricity or water? Wait, wait. I see
[00:04:35] national reconciliation and new
[00:04:38] understandings with neighboring countries. I see division
[00:04:40] and decentralization and federalism. You can't
[00:04:44] be optimistic even a little bit. Wait a minute, this
[00:04:48] is your cup, not mine. Yes, by God, I am
[00:04:51] Ward, and wait for me in the program Akhward on Syria
[00:04:55] TV. And the second
[00:04:56] one, wait for her.
[00:04:59] And regarding
[00:05:30] the distribution networks, also 29% of their length is unavailable
[00:05:34] in villages and towns affected by the war.
[00:05:38] And during the blessed Syrian Revolution, also the substations.
[00:05:41] We have 458 substations. 423
[00:05:45] 66. 17% of these stations are out of service.
[00:05:49] Also, regarding generation, we have 12 stations, meaning
[00:05:53] about 37% of the capacity is out
[00:05:55] of service, meaning it is not available for generation, whether
[00:05:59] stations that went completely out of service like the Zizoun station, the Muhardeh station during
[00:06:02] the past period, or stations that had large
[00:06:06] groups out of service, like the Aleppo station which had five groups.
[00:06:10] All five groups went out of service, but two of them were rehabilitated
[00:06:13] later. Now we have three out of service. The reality
[00:06:17] of electricity since the beginning
[00:06:20] of liberation has been one of decline, followed by gradual recovery.
[00:06:24] When we entered Damascus, when we entered
[00:06:27] Damascus, the generated capacity was 915 megawatts.
[00:06:31] These were the connection hours that reached homes, and
[00:06:35] those who were in Damascus and other governorates know this. The connection hours
[00:06:39] were from one to two hours daily in winter, perhaps
[00:06:42] in spring there would be more pressure on the load, so it would become
[00:06:46] more than possible, four or five hours, but it was from one to two hours
[00:06:50] of electricity coming to homes. And the generation volume
[00:06:52] was 915. Currently, the generation volume with hydropower
[00:06:56] is 3500 megawatts, which led to a number of connection
[00:06:59] hours from 18 to 20 hours in most
[00:07:02] Syrian governorates. This picture
[00:07:05] refers to Damascus on the day of liberation,
[00:07:09] when the generation was 915 megawatts. And
[00:07:13] on the screen is Damascus now, after raising
[00:07:16] generation to 3500 megawatts, the
[00:07:20] number of connection hours has become from 18 to 20 hours, in addition to
[00:07:23] feeding industrial cities with sustainable
[00:07:26] electricity 24 hours a day to develop industry
[00:07:30] and economy and economic development.
[00:07:34] So, practically, we have tripled
[00:07:38] the generation. The main challenges of groups going out of service are in the
[00:07:42] generation sector, in addition to the shortage of spare
[00:07:45] parts, as we mentioned, warehouses and the difficulty of securing them and their limitedness.
[00:07:49] And honestly, there is a very important issue, that today
[00:07:52] the electricity, the substations that went out of service,
[00:07:54] sometimes they need, not sometimes,
[00:07:58] most of the stations that we want to bring from outside are new manufacturing, meaning according to the required specifications.
[00:08:02] It takes from a year and a half, sometimes to two years for substations to
[00:08:05] be brought to Syria.
[00:08:09] So, for example, Deir ez-Zor had a shortage in generation, a conflict,
[00:08:13] or they had one substation, the Al-Taym station. We had to
[00:08:16] move a station that was in Syria and not in use to
[00:08:20] there so that we could improve the
[00:08:23] China or elsewhere, and we are Syrians, meaning essentially,
[00:08:27] it takes from a year and a half to two years for
[00:08:30] large power plants to be secured. And therefore, this is also the same story
[00:08:34] regarding large solar energy projects. I mean, now we want to say why solar energy
[00:08:37] projects might have been delayed until they started, or now
[00:08:41] we have delivered about nine projects, the lands to companies. Also, substations
[00:08:45] need time. These solar energy projects need substations for
[00:08:48] infrastructure. They need contracts
[00:08:53] from abroad. Recovery and rehabilitation of existing generation capabilities. Raising
[00:08:57] the readiness and returning capabilities. We have the Jandar station, we raised it from 200 to
[00:09:01] 850 megawatts. The Deir station, 700 megawatts, maintenance work after
[00:09:05] one of the groups was out of service. Also, the Muhardeh station, after
[00:09:09] a stoppage of about ten years, we returned one of the groups,
[00:09:12] 100 megawatts, to service. The strategic plan
[00:09:16] for generation, in reality, we have the Deir Ali station. We have a new expansion
[00:09:19] for it, God willing, it is a group of 750 megawatts. Also, the Tishreen Thermal
[00:09:23] station, we started it and signed a contract for 98 million
[00:09:26] dollars, consisting of two groups, each group 200 megawatts, meaning
[00:09:29] 400 megawatts. From the date of signing the contract, meaning approximately the end
[00:09:33] of the year or the beginning of next year, during the first quarter, we will receive the first group of 200
[00:09:37] megawatts, and in the second quarter, we will receive the second group of 200 megawatts, making it 400
[00:09:41] megawatts. In the middle of next year, these 400 megawatts will enter service. One of them
[00:09:44] will enter service in the first quarter, and one of them will enter service in the second
[00:09:48] quarter. The Rastan station is a station that was started by
[00:09:51] Mobana company and stopped
[00:09:54] working due to the victory of the blessed Syrian Revolution.
[00:09:58] It is currently in negotiations with companies to complete
[00:10:02] this station. It is 526
[00:10:04] megawatts. Aleppo has three groups out of service
[00:10:07] now. We requested bids, and they were awarded
[00:10:10] to a Turkish company for 115 million
[00:10:14] dollars, after approval of the technical conditions. We received a lower
[00:10:18] bid, but it was technically non-compliant with the technical
[00:10:21] conditions. Meaning, this station will give me
[00:10:25] efficiency. Instead of the station's return being 100%, through
[00:10:29] this Turkish company, the second company that gave us a lower bid, and this is
[00:10:32] one of the points within the law that allows rejection of the technically
[00:10:36] non-compliant bid, they are giving us less than the value of the station's
[00:10:40] return. Meaning we will lose 10 megawatts in each group if the other
[00:10:46] the second company for 115 million dollars, and God
[00:10:49] willing, the contract
[00:10:51] might be signed by the end of this year. By the end of the year, the contract
[00:10:55] will be under signing, and it will need time for
[00:10:58] execution. Strategic projects to expand
[00:11:02] the beginning, we know that Syria's generation capacity and energy needs in 2030
[00:11:05] will double due to economic
[00:11:08] development and the return of factories and industrial facilities. Therefore,
[00:11:12] and all of our stations are dilapidated, many of them are dilapidated and their
[00:11:15] return is low. Therefore, we proceeded with signing a contract to build
[00:11:18] four new gas-fired combined-cycle
[00:11:21] plants. These four plants, one of them in Muhardeh, one of them
[00:11:25] in Aleppo, and one of them in Deir ez-Zor, God willing. Imagine Deir ez-Zor governorate
[00:11:29] still has no power plant. There is one in Suwaydiyah towards Al-Hasakah, and it is very
[00:11:33] small. So we will build a new power plant in Deir ez-Zor, and we have started it.
[00:11:36] We have prepared the land with the companies, God willing. So these four
[00:11:39] plants will be one in Aleppo, one in Zizoun, the old
[00:11:43] station that was destroyed, one in
[00:11:47] of course Deir ez-Zor at Al-Taym, and in Muhardeh
[00:11:49] and in Aleppo, Al-Turaifawiyah area, and Zizoun with a capacity
[00:11:53] of 4000 megawatts, God willing. Three of them will be ready in
[00:11:57] 2029, and one of them will be in 2030, God willing. These
[00:12:02] the network, and also there are renewable
[00:12:04] energy projects. We signed about
[00:12:08] 4000 based on the energy mix, 4000 megawatts of solar
[00:12:12] and wind energy, 2500 solar energy and
[00:12:15] 1500 wind energy. We have in Wadi Al-Rabi' in rural Damascus 200 megawatts. Of course,
[00:12:19] we handed over the land to the company, and Al-Farkalus 200 megawatts, and Al-Taym also
[00:12:23] in Deir ez-Zor 300 megawatts, and Aleppo
[00:12:25] 300 megawatts. We have a generation strategy. We signed
[00:12:28] a contract with a company to study the energy mix in Syria from wind
[00:12:32] energy, geothermal energy, solar energy, and
[00:12:35] fossil energy. So we reached 2500 megawatts of solar energy and
[00:12:39] 1500 megawatts of wind energy. This is in addition to
[00:12:41] generating an energy mix that could be 8000 in
[00:12:45] 2030. This ideal energy mix
[00:12:47] for energy in Syria. I would like to point
[00:12:51] out that those who say that renewable
[00:12:54] energies are a solution, of course, they are
[00:12:57] a large part of the solution, but they need time for implementation. We signed the contracts
[00:13:00] and delivered nine sites to the companies with whom we signed the contracts,
[00:13:04] but it is said that we can rely heavily on solar
[00:13:08] energy. Syria has a lot of sunshine and a lot of wind.
[00:13:11] There are technical issues with energy.
[00:13:14] Electrical engineers, specialists, and technicians know that the amount of renewable
[00:13:19] exceed 20 to 30% depending on the stability
[00:13:22] of the grid, of the total generation. Therefore, in some
[00:13:26] countries, this percentage was exceeded and caused
[00:13:29] some problems related to blackouts. If you remember the story
[00:13:33] of Spain and Portugal last year, there was a complete blackout,
[00:13:37] which was due to the energy mix and renewable energies, and large groups
[00:13:41] of renewable energies going out of service due to clouds or
[00:13:44] drop, which led to a complete blackout in the region. Therefore, there are
[00:13:48] precise technical studies that determine the energy mix. We
[00:13:51] signed a partnership with a private company to study the energy mix, and
[00:13:55] they have currently given us the first draft, which is 2500
[00:13:58] megawatts of solar and 1500 megawatts of wind, in addition to 8000
[00:14:01] megawatts of fossil fuels, which is after the entry of
[00:14:05] UC company and transmission stations. The most prominent
[00:14:08] challenges for the transmission network, as we mentioned earlier, we have about 29%
[00:14:11] out of service from transmission lines. There is a decrease
[00:14:15] in readiness, difficulty in securing equipment, spare parts,
[00:14:19] and towers are not manufactured locally, they are all imported. Syrian towers are high
[00:14:22] voltage towers. So when a tower goes down, some time ago,
[00:14:26] the electricity in Idlib and rural Aleppo was taken from Turkey. On the day of the
[00:14:29] storm, four towers fell there. The electricity remained
[00:14:33] out for 18 days for four fallen towers. So the issue is not
[00:14:36] a matter of energy and towers. It took 18 days for them to
[00:14:40] rehabilitate the towers in Turkey. Our region and part of their region were out of service,
[00:14:43] so it took them that long to rehabilitate those towers. Therefore, the issue of towers and transmission
[00:14:47] lines needs a long supply
[00:14:51] and procurement and studies. And this is what we are working on, and thank God,
[00:14:55] we have rehabilitated about 7 to
[00:14:57] 8% of the transmission lines, including the regional interconnection line that
[00:15:01] we are currently working on with Turkey, and the regional interconnection line with Jordan,
[00:15:05] which was funded by the World Bank, and they
[00:15:08] conducted tenders, and the tenders were awarded to companies, and they are under implementation. Rehabilitation
[00:15:12] and development of the transmission network and stations. We worked on about
[00:15:14] 156 km of high-voltage lines, 8
[00:15:18] km of 400 kV lines, and 16 km
[00:15:21] of 230 kV and 132 km of 66 kV lines and seven stations.
[00:15:25] Two substations of 66
[00:15:28] kV and 230 kV, and five substations. All of this was completed during
[00:15:31] the past period, in addition to the Aleppo 400 kV substation.
[00:15:35] Rehabilitation of the station and upgrading the number of products. Regarding
[00:15:38] the issue of distribution, distribution networks, you all
[00:15:42] live in neighborhoods, in alleys, and in streets, and you see the reality of the dilapidated
[00:15:48] day we will introduce private companies for distribution, but
[00:15:51] for now, the legislative framework is not ready. This is one. Second,
[00:15:55] we are in the process of changing the electricity law.
[00:15:57] Second, this will be an additional
[00:16:01] burden, either on the state or on the citizen.
[00:16:04] Meaning, initially, the state might bear it. This private
[00:16:08] company will make a profit from distribution. Therefore, we initially
[00:16:11] postponed the matter until the transmission company recovers.
[00:16:14] We also signed a contract with a Saudi
[00:16:18] company to build a command and control system
[00:16:23] command and control system for the company and implementing the
[00:16:26] SCADA system. Its cost is about 60 million dollars to manage the Syrian
[00:16:30] network smartly. Which groups need to enter service, which
[00:16:33] stations, and so on. All of this is through control systems, God willing,
[00:16:37] we are approaching it during the coming
[00:16:40] period through the company, the contract that was signed to conduct the study with the Saudi
[00:16:44] company. Also, the same thing, the high losses. We have large losses, whether
[00:16:47] due to losses in our dilapidated stations, generation
[00:16:50] and transmission stations, in addition to the network
[00:16:54] the networks, thefts, and infringements the Syrian
[00:16:58] network. We have worked on developing and replacing distribution
[00:17:02] networks. 784 km of medium and low
[00:17:05] voltage lines have been replaced and rehabilitated.
[00:17:09] Their details are in front of you so that we don't prolong it. Also, 861
[00:17:13] operations of equipping and replacing transformation centers. Transformers in
[00:17:16] 861 transformation centers were equipped
[00:17:19] during the past period. And we expanded the subscribers' base with existing
[00:17:23] meters since long ago.
[00:17:25] We are moving towards smart meters for electricity and water, and this is one of the questions
[00:17:29] we were asked about. We signed a contract with the Saudi
[00:17:33] meters company to supply smart meters, and we have actually started supplying and installed
[00:17:36] experimental meters. We will start this year
[00:17:40] with 300,000 meters in Damascus and Idlib. Next year,
[00:17:43] we will start in all governorates with the beginning of next year, God willing,
[00:17:46] we will expand to all governorates. This year, it is
[00:17:50] 30,000 to also build a command and management center
[00:17:53] for these meters and to
[00:17:57] read the reality. We had a problem with the smart meters, they will work on cards, they will work on
[00:18:02] Wi-Fi, they will work on the communication network. This
[00:18:05] means it will make it easier for citizens to charge and pay and bill,
[00:18:09] and these issues will reduce our losses
[00:18:11] and waste. Also, this is regarding
[00:18:15] smart meters. Electricity tariff reform. In fact, regarding
[00:18:18] the electricity tariff, as we mentioned earlier
[00:18:21] in the previous session,
[00:18:25] we had a production of 6 million cubic meters of gas, which was
[00:18:28] enough to generate about
[00:18:31] 950 megawatts, possibly with some fuel that was available, because we have
[00:18:35] problems also in substations.
[00:18:38] Their efficiency is not very good. Generation stations, that's why we went
[00:18:42] towards the new stations that we talked about. This
[00:18:45] electricity was generated through this gas. There was no
[00:18:49] gas purchase, nor did we come. Industrial cities requested
[00:18:52] electricity. Tourist and commercial establishments requested
[00:18:56] electricity. So we said we must improve the electricity situation
[00:18:59] in Syria. We must move towards buying
[00:19:03] what we worked on. We started buying gas, and we said that 740
[00:19:07] million dollars is the price of gas, a debt
[00:19:11] of SPC company on the electricity company,
[00:19:14] a debt of SPC company on the electricity company SEC
[00:19:17] until yesterday, 1.65
[00:19:21] billion dollars, because the one who buys
[00:19:24] the gas is SPC company. It is the one that buys the gas and delivers it to the electricity
[00:19:28] company. The electricity company generates
[00:19:31] people, collects revenues, and pays
[00:19:35] SPC company for the gas. But the collected revenues, first, we have losses
[00:19:38] that we bear. We have losses in generation and transmission stations,
[00:19:42] which we talked about earlier. We are rehabilitating them. We have losses and waste
[00:19:45] due to infringements and thefts, and it is our duty to control these thefts. We have
[00:19:50] gas, in buying gas. So we have
[00:19:54] a large gap between the cost of production
[00:19:57] production itself and import, we talked about our need
[00:20:00] of 24 million, and we are producing about 8.5
[00:20:05] daily. So the purpose of the adjustment was sustainability,
[00:20:09] sustainability of gas purchase, for me to have a financial return. The second goal is
[00:20:12] to relieve pressure. We had a problem. We can give a simple
[00:20:16] comparison. When we bought gas and received the grant from
[00:20:19] Qatar, which we just talked about, thank you, the number of electricity
[00:20:23] connection hours became about eight hours. It was
[00:20:26] two hours, it became eight hours at the beginning. If you remember, these eight hours in rural
[00:20:30] Damascus, for example, electricity would come for two continuous hours, or in any
[00:20:34] governorate. So there was a load on the transformers.
[00:20:38] We would see today that such and such a transformer exploded, and today such and such a line failed,
[00:20:41] and it worked. So why did we have a very large consumption
[00:20:45] of energy? Before, it would come for an hour and then be cut off for seven or eight hours,
[00:20:49] and the lines would cool down. And the transformers and so on. Now it comes for a long time, so it no
[00:20:52] longer cools down, so there was an additional load. So this is one of the reasons that called us to
[00:20:56] say, "People, reduce consumption." So the tariff issue was one of the technical
[00:21:00] reasons also to relieve the burden on the transformers and lines,
[00:21:03] as they are also dilapidated. God willing, we will reach an integrated
[00:21:07] system with smart management,
[00:21:09] with an appropriate load for the citizen,
[00:21:13] and for us, we have the ability to secure the appropriate gas for it.
[00:21:17] Reducing waste and losses is also preparing the sector for investment
[00:21:21] and increasing capacities. Converting to smart meters to enhance fairness of
[00:21:24] measurement. We have a pricing equation. When we calculated,
[00:21:28] this is our question now, that there should be a subsidized segment. When we
[00:21:32] sat, of course, dozens of workshops were held with
[00:21:35] engineers, technicians, and people from the community and governors.
[00:21:38] I mean, with the governors, several sessions were held, three sessions
[00:21:42] with the governors regarding the electricity tariff and studies.
[00:21:46] And we were planning at first four segments, then three segments, then two segments, and
[00:21:50] and until we reached the final formula. How much did
[00:21:53] we say at first, a segment of 300 kilowatts per cycle, which is 300 kilowatts, meaning
[00:21:56] 150 kilowatts per month. 150 kilowatts. We calculated that
[00:22:00] this is the subsidized segment, which now costs us approximately, since
[00:22:04] we are buying in dollars and we calculate it in dollars,
[00:22:07] its cost is about four and a half, or we priced it
[00:22:11] at four and a half cents per kilowatt-hour.
[00:22:14] 150 kilowatt-hours per month results in a bill of
[00:22:17] 6.5 dollars for someone who consumes 150 kilowatts of electricity
[00:22:20] per month. 150 kilowatts. We brought the devices, measured,
[00:22:24] calculated, and gathered the engineers. It turns out that 150
[00:22:28] is enough for electricity, lighting, for lighting,
[00:22:32] for the refrigerator, and for the washing machine. I mean, I am
[00:22:35] providing basic needs. I did not talk about heating.
[00:22:38] 150 basic needs. I mean, when we talk about a low-income
[00:22:42] family, this is their need. This is the need for lighting
[00:22:45] and the washing machine and the refrigerator. Right?
[00:22:48] Now we come to heating and other
[00:22:53] we adopted, it is within the second segment. Within the second segment, that
[00:22:57] whoever wants to use it for heating, if I give him another segment for heating,
[00:23:00] electricity will not return for three or four hours. One of my friends,
[00:23:04] a member of parliament,
[00:23:06] mentioned that, "God bless you, you brought electricity to Damascus for 20 hours, but
[00:23:10] it's expensive." He said that you brought it for 20 hours, but it's expensive.
[00:23:14] We told him that this phrase, "but it's expensive," is what brought it here, because it contributed to rationalization
[00:23:18] and contributed to buying gas. So, ladies and gentlemen, we were
[00:23:21] able to move towards an easy solution. An easy solution, as
[00:23:24] I mentioned yesterday to the journalists at the press conference,
[00:23:28] that one of the easy solutions is to go towards this
[00:23:31] gas that I have. I cannot afford to buy it. The Ministry
[00:23:35] of Finance cannot afford to finance me, and I have no production other than this, just like the old
[00:23:39] regime used to burn this gas that comes to us, distribute it, and it would last for two hours.
[00:23:43] I asked him, "How did you heat before?" He told me, "We used blankets
[00:23:46] and I don't know what." So,
[00:23:50] is this true for a certain segment? Yes, that's why this
[00:23:53] first segment is for lighting, the refrigerator,
[00:23:57] and the washing machine. The second segment, which we are talking about, was
[00:24:01] 11 cents. How much does it cost us? It costs
[00:24:04] the Syrian Electricity Company
[00:24:07] the energy prices that I set, which is 9 dollars per
[00:24:11] MMBtu, which is our price as a Syrian
[00:24:14] company, as the Ministry of Energy, between the Syrian Petroleum Company and the Syrian
[00:24:17] Electricity Company. The price of gas is nine. The million
[00:24:22] British thermal units. What is its price in the world
[00:24:24] market today? Today, this 18 cents is at
[00:24:28] that price that was set. Today, its price is 22 dollars.
[00:24:32] We are buying gas today for
[00:24:35] MMBtu. All global markets are experiencing
[00:24:38] jumps in energy prices and gas prices. Therefore, we will
[00:24:42] have to reduce the purchase of 2 million
[00:24:45] cubic meters. Of course, this will result in a reduction in electricity
[00:24:49] service, because the electricity company's deficit is 1.65
[00:24:52] billion dollars owed to the SPC company. So the collection
[00:24:56] rate in Damascus was good. The collection rate
[00:24:58] in Damascus. Of course, we don't fully see the collection rate
[00:25:01] because the first cycle remains open
[00:25:05] until the end of the year, so people might pay all cycles together
[00:25:08] at the end of the year. But the percentages
[00:25:11] for the first cycle, after we raised the electricity tariff in Damascus, were 72%
[00:25:15] collection. This is a good number. In Aleppo,
[00:25:19] 76%.
[00:25:22] Yes, and the people of Aleppo are all good people, God willing. 76%
[00:25:25] collection rate in Aleppo. In Tartous,
[00:25:29] also a similar rate. In some governorates, the collection rate is
[00:25:32] very low, weak. Yes, the collection
[00:25:35] rate is very low. This collection
[00:25:39] rate affected the company. If there is good collection, the company
[00:25:42] will buy gas, the service will remain, the service will improve, not remain.
[00:25:46] The service will improve accordingly. And the company. You don't want the full price of gas.
[00:25:49] Pay attention to what I am saying. I am saying that we are supporting
[00:25:52] electricity. It costs us 18, and we are selling it for 11 for the second
[00:25:56] segment. The first segment we are selling for four and a half, meaning at cost price
[00:26:00] and generation, and so on. So this is the existing pricing
[00:26:04] equation. Even industrial and commercial are subsidized
[00:26:07] at today's energy prices. When we set it, industrial
[00:26:11] and commercial were, let's call it, breaking even. Meaning there was
[00:26:14] a balance in energy prices, production,
[00:26:18] and consumption. Today, industrial, commercial, and residential, the second segment
[00:26:21] is subsidized. The subsidy
[00:26:25] the rates, 75% for the first segment,
[00:26:28] 42% for the second segment, 30% for those exempted from the technical
[00:26:32] part, which are the golden lines, and 26% for industrial and high
[00:26:35] voltage, which are the melting plants that consume a lot of energy. Even they are subsidized.
[00:26:38] We set them with a small profit margin. Even they are now heavily
[00:26:42] subsidized at current energy prices. So the electricity subsidy rate
[00:26:46] is between 26 and 75% due to the rise in energy carriers
[00:26:50] and gas and fuel in general. The strategic
[00:26:52] goals are to rehabilitate transmission lines
[00:26:56] and substations, increase generation, and we have started this with
[00:27:00] the contracts we signed. Increase solar energy
[00:27:03] and rehabilitate and introduce renewable energies, rehabilitate networks
[00:27:07] and transformation centers, and continue reform in tariff
[00:27:10] measurement. Of course, this tariff, God willing. If we have
[00:27:13] sufficient production and achieve self-sufficiency,
[00:27:17] it might be a suitable definition for the company. But now, with the purchase of energy
[00:27:20] and the global price increase, it has become very burdensome
[00:27:23] for the company. So, reducing gas purchases is the only
[00:27:27] solution because
[00:27:29] absolutely unbearable. Many people said, "Please reduce
[00:27:33] electricity to four, five, or six hours and relieve
[00:27:35] us." This is not agreed upon.
[00:27:39] Of course, this does not build an economy in this way. Industrial cities have started and launched,
[00:27:43] and factories are consuming energy. I can't give you electricity anymore. This is not going
[00:27:48] continue to buy gas, and if the Ministry of Finance supports us, and I have spoken to them,
[00:27:51] we need an increase in the allocation of foreign currency to buy
[00:27:54] gas, fuel, and energy.
[00:27:57] Hopefully, in the coming period, we will be among the priorities
[00:28:01] they have. The strategic goal is to build a central command
[00:28:04] and control center for the network, with the aim of achieving the stability of the electrical
[00:28:07] system. We can quickly and geology sector, as it doesn't really touch on people's
[00:28:11] go over the mining needs. It's an economic sector. We have
[00:28:15] 38 billion barrels of oil reserves, 2 billion of phosphate,
[00:28:18] and 300 of volcanic ash. I'm giving you these numbers. This presentation, God willing,
[00:28:22] we will provide you with it so you can look at all the numbers that are possible, or any questions, God willing,
[00:28:26] through the energy committee, we are ready to
[00:28:29] provide data about it. Even regarding the budgets, God willing,
[00:28:33] there are ready budgets. One of the brothers asked about the
[00:28:36] budgets for all companies. There will be a full detailed
[00:28:39] explanation, God willing, that we will provide you with regarding all the investment
[00:28:42] budgets and current budgets,
[00:28:45] consumption, surplus, income, and loss. Now, electricity has declared a loss of 1 billion and 650
[00:28:49] million. The electricity loss until today, meaning it was 8
[00:28:53] billion and 300 million. As of today, it's 1 billion and 650 million
[00:28:57] dollars in electricity loss. The most prominent challenges in the mining
[00:29:00] sector are the same challenges everyone faces: human resources,
[00:29:03] equipment, and infrastructure. Our
[00:29:06] vision is to move towards
[00:29:11] silica and mining, so that we don't just export raw materials.
[00:29:15] We export raw materials and have processing industries
[00:29:19] for the minerals in Syria. Our geological
[00:29:23] activity includes 1302 field trips, 2700
[00:29:26] tests, 1400 licenses, 93
[00:29:29] industrial licenses, and 1090 investment
[00:29:32] contracts. So these are some of the data that might
[00:29:37] slide. Developing and investing in mineral resources, as we said,
[00:29:41] is our plan for the coming phase.
[00:29:45] We have a set of strategic goals for gradually transitioning to exporting
[00:29:49] raw materials in their primary form, developing phosphate production, updating surveys,
[00:29:52] and so on, among the goals we have set. You can also view them. We don't
[00:29:56] want to bore you. Drinking water and sanitation sector. We
[00:30:00] have 5007 water sources, about
[00:30:03] 65% of network lengths, and 123 wastewater treatment
[00:30:07] plants. Unfortunately, all wastewater treatment
[00:30:10] plants, or most of the wastewater in Syria, goes
[00:30:14] into rivers, lakes, and seas. Therefore,
[00:30:17] establishing treatment plants is a priority for us. First, they are a water
[00:30:21] resource for agriculture, and second, they reduce pollution
[00:30:24] of our water bodies and our running water. God willing, we have included this in the plan
[00:30:28] and put it in the investment plan. God willing, it will be
[00:30:30] approved by the Ministry of Finance and Parliament
[00:30:34] after it is presented to them, that they approve
[00:30:37] five stations in each governorate. If we set a plan this way, God willing,
[00:30:41] within a few years we will have finished the issue of sanitation.
[00:30:44] We are currently working on the Adra station, God willing, we will re-qualify
[00:30:47] it again. We have the Aleppo station, its cost is 400 million dollars,
[00:30:51] the station located in Ramousah.
[00:30:53] This is also one of the priorities, and we are currently working on marketing
[00:30:57] it to the World Bank and some institutions or