Final UN annex records regional responsibilities within Iran’s interconnected grid

The Ministry of Energy estimated that about three quarters of damage to generating equipment had been permanently reconstructed. Returning facilities to service also involved temporary repairs that...

Materials and spare parts held in bond in Khorramshahr for use outside the war zone were destroyed, with loss estimated at 12,100 million rials. The annex identified this stock loss separately from...

The annex estimated electricity-distribution reconstruction in Azerbaijan at only 20 percent, despite lesser damage there than in the principal border regions. The percentage described...

Foreign-exchange allocations for imported reconstruction equipment required case-by-case Ministry of Finance authorization. The annex described scarce currency and overseas ordering delays as joint...

The Ministry agreed in principle to privatize operation of regional electric companies and generating plants, while the plants would remain government-owned. The annex distinguished operating...

Table F.1 listed total generating capacity of 9,628 MW in 1980 and 17,952 MW in 1990. The 1990 total included 3,149 MW under private companies; these are capacity figures, not electricity generated or...

Table F.2 listed 1,883 kilometres of 400-kilovolt transmission lines in 1980 and 5,714 in 1988. National network expansion occurred alongside repeated wartime damage and incomplete restoration in...

The annex reported electricity supplied to 7,800 villages in 1980 and about 24,000 in 1990, reaching over 65 percent of the rural population. These national access figures did not establish reliable...

During visits to Abadan and Khorramshahr substations, the mission saw areas where electricity could not yet be restored because war debris remained uncleared. Nearby residents also received...

The annex reported destruction of Abadan’s main substation in 1981 and reduced supply until 1988. A temporary transformer was then installed in place of two destroyed transformers; the account did not...