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Tunisian Company of Electricity and Gas

Tunisian Company of Electricity and Gas

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Société tunisienne de l'électricité et du gaz (الشركة التونسية للكهرباء و الغاز) or STEG is a Tunisian public company non-administrative. Established in 1962, its mission is the production and distribution of electricity and natural gas on the Tunisian territory. STEG is the second-largest Tunisian company by revenues in 2009.[1]

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History

Until August 1959 the Tunisian electricity industry was divided among eight different companies. Having decided to temporarily take over these companies, the Tunisian government site, 15 August 1958, a management committee at the head of one of these companies known as Tunisian Company of Electricity and transport. By Decree-Law No. 62-8 of 3 April 1962, the State terminates this situation by creating a public monopoly given to the STEG. Shortly after, an electrification policy is in place that, in forty years, the urban electrification rate of 20% passed nearly 100% and the rural electrification rate from 6% to 99% .

Production

STEG has a park in 2011 production of 24 production units with a total capacity of 3,526 MW, powered by 82% natural gas.[2]

Alstom Power worked on the construction of STEG's combined cycle power plants in Sousse (1994), Radès (2001) and Ghannouch (2011).[3][4]

References

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    https://www.infrastructurenorthafrica.com/company/steg-tunisian-company-for-electricity-and-gas STEG – Tunisian Company for Electricity and Gas
  2. [2]
    "Tunisie : la Steg en phase de transition". Jeune Arfique. 9 May 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
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    "Alstom va construire la première centrale électrique à cycle combiné de technologie GT26 de Tunisie". Business News. 1 June 2008. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  4. [4]
    "Exploitation de la nouvelle centrale électrique de Ghannouch à partir de juin 2011". La Presse de Tunisie. 8 April 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
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