![A view of building of Zouk Power Station as the facility responsible for distributing the state's daily allocation of 4 hours of electricity is currently non-operational due to a lack of sufficient fuel in Beirut, Lebanon on August 17, 2024. [Houssam Shbaro - Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/AA-20240817-35427493-35427492-BEIRUTS_ZOUK_POWER_STATION_OFFLINE_AS_FUEL_SHORTAGE_DISRUPTS_ELECTRICITY_SUPPLY.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1)
Algeria will immediately begin supplying Lebanon with fuel for its power plants, Algerian state radio said in a statement on Sunday, after Lebanon’s electricity company said the day before its supplies were exhausted, Reuters reports.
Lebanon has not had round-the-clock power since the 1990s and cash transfers to Lebanon’s state electricity company, Electricité du Liban (EDL) to cover chronic losses have contributed tens of billions of dollars to the country’s huge public debt.
EDL on Saturday announced a complete nationwide power outage, including at critical facilities such as the airport.
It said then power supply would resume gradually once new fuel supplies were secured, either through a swap agreement with Iraq or other sources.
The Algerian state radio statement did not give any detail.
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