VOL. XLIV

No 36

3-September-2001

SAUDI ARABIA

Saudi Arabia Endorses GCC Electricity Authority With Dammam HQ

In a Royal Decree issued on 13August, Saudi Arabia endorsed plans for the establishment of a GCC ElectricityGrid Authority, to be headquartered in Dammam. The new body will supervise theestablishment of the Gulf-wide power grid the first phase of which will linkSaudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar. Oman and the UAE will be connected inthe second phase, with the third phase seeing the...