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Of the support of His
Excellency the President of the Arab Republic of Egypt and
the President of the Palestinian National Authority, and
with the sponsorship of His Excellency the Egyptian Minister
of Energy and Electricity, Dr. Hassan Younis, and the acting
chairman of the Palestinian Energy Authority Dr. Omar
Katana, the final agreement between the Egyptian Canal
Electricity Distribution Company and Gaza Electricity
Distribution Corporation was signed to provide Rafah area,
south of Gaza Strip with electricity from the Egyptian
network through the implementation of the project of two
phases, where the first phase provides Rafah with 5 MW and
the second phase to provide Rafah with 12 MW, it was agreed
to make efforts from the two sides to complete the project
by the beginning of the blessed month of Ramadan, Dr. Hassan
Younis, Minister of Electricity and Energy said that this
agreement is unprecedented in terms of the prices of
construction, as well as tariff rates , the cost of
investment for the project was reduced to half , in regard
of tariff the Palestinian side will be inside the tariff for
major segments that taking into consideration the very
difficult Palestinian situation which is in need for support
and assistance. Dr. Omar Katana stated that this agreement
marks the beginning of cooperation between the two sides, as
both sides looked forward to linking networks of the two
counties with high-voltage lines after obtaining the
approval of the seven linking counties, which will allow the
exchange of large quantities of energy in order to meet the
needs of the Gaza Strip for twenty years to come.On behalf
of the Palestinian / Eng. Suleiman Abu Samhadana general
manager of Gaza Electricity Distribution Corporation(GEDCo),
and on behalf of the Egyptian side Eng. Ismail Al-Hilal
board chairman of the Egyptian Canal Electricity
Distribution Company had signed the agreement.
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