Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVII

No 47

22-November-2004

LEBANON

12 Firms Bid For Contract To Operate EDL Power Plants

A dozen international and Lebanese companies have purchased tender documents to bid for the contract for the operation and maintenance of the Deir 'Ammar and Zahrani power plants, and the tender bids are due to be opened on 29 November. State-owned Electricite du Liban (EDL), which owns these plants, has also requested the government to advance some $100mn to purchase...