Iraq began gradually restoring power yesterday, the state news agency reported citing the electricity ministry, after a power outage hit central and southern regions of the country.
Electricity ministry sources had said earlier a sudden shutdown at the Hamidiya power plant in the western province of Anbar led to a fault in the electricity transmission network.
The temperature in the capital Baghdad reached a high of 47C during the day.
The chair of Iraq’s parliament energy committee said the outage did not affect the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.
Many Iraqis for years have relied on privately operated generators for power as government-provided electricity was only intermittently available. Some others have turned to solar power to help cover their electricity needs.
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