Official: Iran’s Power Cuts Not Linked With Paris Climate Agreement
TEHRAN (IFP) - An Energy Ministry official has rejected claims that the recent power shortage across the country is a result of Iran’s fulfillment of its obligations under the Paris Climate Agreement.
"These power cuts have nothing to do with the Paris climate deal,” Mohsen Tarztalab, the CEO of Thermal Power Plants Holding Company, has told domestic media.
Tarztalab said the Energy Ministry has plans to boost electricity production capacity by building fossil fuel power plants, but failure in boosting electricity production capacity is due to a lack of investment in the electricity industry, which partly results from the cheap price of power, and has nothing to do with Iran’s international obligations.
The official was responding to assertions by critics of the Rouhani government who linked the power cuts with the administration’s preparatory measures for implementing the Paris climate agreement.
"These power cuts have nothing to do with the Paris climate deal,” Mohsen Tarztalab, the CEO of Thermal Power Plants Holding Company, has told domestic media.
Tarztalab said the Energy Ministry has plans to boost electricity production capacity by building fossil fuel power plants, but failure in boosting electricity production capacity is due to a lack of investment in the electricity industry, which partly results from the cheap price of power, and has nothing to do with Iran’s international obligations.
The official was responding to assertions by critics of the Rouhani government who linked the power cuts with the administration’s preparatory measures for implementing the Paris climate agreement.