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<td><span class="PublishedDate">[ 					21/12/2010 &#8211; 10:42 AM ] </span></td>
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<p style="font-size:10pt;">GAZA, (PIC)&#8211; Gaza&#8217;s only power plant  successfully operated for days on industrial fuel purchased from Egypt,  vice-president Ziad Al Dhadha said Monday on the program Meeting with an  Official held by the media bureau in Gaza.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">The government in Gaza began to withhold  taxes on electricity previously forwarded to the finance ministry in  Ramallah because of the PA&#8217;s failure to provide in return the fuels  required to run the electricity station in Gaza.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">Officials in Gaza have blamed the  increased downsizing and corruption in the PA on the current electricity  crisis in the Gaza Strip, a dilemma that has forced them to come up  with a primary alternative to the fuel provided by Israel.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">Salam Fayyad&#8217;s de facto government in  Ramallah repeatedly reneged on agreements made under the auspices of  independent parties for solutions on providing Gaza&#8217;s power plant with  needed fuels. But the power shortages made return visits up until now.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">The plant reacted positively during a  trial period using fuel from both Egypt and Israel, said senior Gaza  electricity official Waleed Sa&#8217;d Saayil. Funds were spared through the  conversion, but plant operators were concerned about the risk of side  effects on the plant&#8217;s equipment.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">Plant operators passed the decision to use  alternative fuels to run the plant after giving weight to need of the  Gazans. The goal was to keep the plant running for 24 hours a day, every  day of the week.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">The electric company completed its second  stage in refurbishing the station before making a full conversion, that  would include erecting new lines from the stations to the distribution  centers to <span>accommodate </span>to the new amount anticipated to be produced.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/En/default.aspx?xyz=U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MDI46m9rUxJEpMO%2bi1s7vdo0fw7jGXj8Q0Js%2bVNaK57jzix%2bf24t5fnzrp7EOH6pMLQ5bKuCM4MWMQASJJlpMBu0AglmYzN1C8Bgd7b152vb7w6M6Com7gETwZhvNBE%3d">Gaza power plant runs successfully on fuels purchased from Egypt</a>.</p>
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