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عربي

Electricité du Liban

  
Also known as: EDL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Updated: Sep 30, 2010
 
 
 
Country

Lebanon

Ownership Type
 
 
 
 
Principal Activities
Generation, transmission and distribution of electrical power.
 
Date of Establishment Year
1964 (July)
 
No of Employees
2,000 (As of Sep 30, 2010)
 
Factories and Plants
Al Bared (2) Al Hreesha Baalbek
 
Deir Al Qamar Jieh Litani (3)
 
Safa Tyre Zahrani
 
Zouk    
 
 
Contact Details
Address:
Electricité du Liban Building
Al Naher Street
P.O. Box 131
Beirut 
Lebanon
 
Tel:
+961 1-442720
+961 1-442729
 
Fax:
+961 1-443828
+961 1-443968
+961 1-583084
 
Email:
info@edl.gov.lb
 
Website:
www.edl.gov.lb

 
 
 Business Overview
Electricite du Liban (EDL) is responsible for 90% of Lebanon's total electricity production - a total of 2.5GW in 2004 - and the bulk of transmission and distribution. After the end of the civil war in 1990, EDL oversaw a significant investment program to rehabilitate the sector. However, investment in new generating capacity did not take place until 1998, when Italian Ansaldo built two 440-MW plants at Beddawi and Zahrani - Lebanon's two only dual-fuel Combined Cycle plants capable of burning on gas.

Electricite du Liban, which owns and operates a total of 7 thermal plants, is marred by many problems - namely an ageing infrastructure, high technical and non-technical losses (total of over 40%), burdensome political interference and large financial losses (estimated at some US$500 million a year).

In 2003, the Lebanese privatization authority - the Higher Council for Privatization - released an electricity law, which parliament approved, and initiated a privatization road show. The law paves the way for an experienced operator to acquire an initial 40% stake in the generation and distribution assets of EDL, with full control of management. Unfortunately, this plan has been stored away for the time being due to political infighting.
 
 
Zawya Industry Benchmarks  Yr 2008  Yr 2009  Change (%)
Installed Capacity (MW) 2,259  2,259  0.01 
Number of Plants Under Control 13  13  0.00 
 
 
 Major Shareholders   
Name   Type  Country  Holding 
Government of Lebanon  Government Lebanon 100.00%