The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Ministry of Electricity on October 30 announced that nearly 4.5 million citizens, or nearly 70% of the Kurdistan Region’s population, now have access to 24-hour electricity under the Runaki (light) program.
This brings 24-hour electricity to the city centers of Soran and Zakho, and Ranya in the Raparin Administration is being prepared to join Runaki soon.
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Last month, Halabja became the first governorate of Iraq and the Kurdistan Region to fully join Runaki.
KRG Prime Minister Masrour Barzani announced the Runaki program in October 2024 to deliver 24-hour electricity to every home and business in the Kurdistan Region by the end of 2026.
The KRG’s 24-hour electricity programme has removed the equivalent of over 650,000 cars from the road.
— Aziz Ahmad (@azizkahmad) November 2, 2025
How? By shutting down over 3,700 noisy, polluting neighbourhood diesel generators.
We also know from our reporting that thousands more private generators used by businesses… https://t.co/X52H51ZcBq
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Aziz Ahmad, Deputy Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Barzani, posted on X that the KRG’s 24-hour electricity program so far has removed the equivalent of over 650,000 cars from the road by shutting down over 3,700 noisy, polluting neighborhood diesel generators.
“We also know from our reporting that thousands more private generators used by businesses have been turned off,” he posted.
The KRG plans to phase out over 7,000 generators by the end of 2026.
“We’re giving our communities clean and healthier neighborhoods, and our businesses access to reliable, uninterrupted power to grow the economy,” Ahmad concluded.
