The Cabinet on Wednesday approved the long-awaited electricity plant, the information minister said after the session, while noting that the power plant that will be set up in the North will not necessarily be in the town of Selaata.
Moreover, the sector’s regulatory commission will be formed in 2022, not in 2023, while some articles and environmental conditions were amended, Information Minister Ziad Makari said.
Asked about the Selaata plant, Makari said the plant “was not dropped” and that “it was agreed to set up a plant in a central area in the North,” but not necessarily in Selaata.
MTV had earlier reported that Cabinet had rejected the Selaata plant due to its “economic infeasibility,” noting that that was the viewpoint of Prime Minister Najib Miqati and a large number of ministers.