Kurdistan Electricity Power Supply Rises to 1500 MW Despite Khor Mor Shutdown
Generation rose from 1,000 to 1,500 megawatts in two days and household supply from four to six hours, though gas from the field has not resumed
ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) - The Kurdistan Regional Government raised electricity generation from 1,000 to 1,500 megawatts over the last two days and lifted household supply from four hours to six hours, even though the Khor Mor gas field remains shut after Sunday’s attack, ministry of electricity spokesperson Omed Ahmed said on Wednesday.
He said the extra power is being distributed among households, while gas transport from the field to the power stations remains halted because of what he called the “terrorist attack” on Khor Mor.
Ahmed said committees are assessing the damage to estimate the losses and that a decision on when and how the field resumes operations will follow.
His statement did not give a date, and it did not say how the extra 500 megawatts was produced while gas is cut.
The field, which sits in the Chamchamal district of Sulaimani province and supplies most of the Region’s power stations, was struck by what operator Dana Gas called a suspected drone at about 11 p.m. on Sunday.
The company said the resulting fire has been extinguished, no one was hurt, and production remains suspended pending a damage assessment.
The attack cut gas to the power stations serving Erbil, Sulaimani, Bazian, Chamchamal and Duhok.
A ministry source told Kurdistan 24 that generation fell from more than 3,700 megawatts to about 1,000, and estimated the loss at between 2,500 and 2,700 megawatts, while Ahmed had warned it could reach 2,800 megawatts.
The source said the attack hit the field’s liquefied petroleum gas unit. In response, the ministry said it was running the hydropower stations at the Dukan and Darbandikhan dams and plants that can use alternative fuels, and giving priority to hospitals and water stations, to prevent a blackout. Ahmed had said the full return to normal depends on the resumption of gas supplies from Khor Mor to the stations.
The federal government has also moved.
Iraq approved supplies of liquefied petroleum gas to the Region until production at the field resumes, according to Kurdistan 24, and Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi ordered a joint investigation with the KRG into the attack.
No group has claimed responsibility, yet. The field has been hit repeatedly in recent years, and Kurdish authorities have previously blamed Iran-backed armed groups for such strikes.
When a rocket attack struck a storage tank at the field in November 2025, power returned to normal about 24 hours after gas flows resumed, and production restarted about four days after the attack under an agreement between Prime Minister Masrour Barzani and Dana Gas.