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A fisherman who likes fish? asked the friends of the pale tracker, and wondered, "Then why did he fish them?". On this basis one can ask, "The Minister of Energy likes electricity?", and wonder, "So why doesn't he want to build power plants?" Even the Ministry of Finance can't really understand why the Minister of Energy, Eli Cohen, is on the back foot and opposes the construction of two new power plants.
The budget department in the Treasury issued a letter this evening calling on the members of the government to support the construction of the power plants at the government meeting on Sunday. Yonatan Florsheim, the energy coordinator in the budget department, demands that the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure and the Planning Director clarify in writing and in advance why these power plants must be built and why they are critical to the continued regular supply of electricity to the citizens of Israel in the coming years.
After a long period in which no large power plants were built in Israel, the government is expected to discuss on Sunday the construction of two new power plants. The state has already published a tender for the construction of a power plant in Shork and the Electricity Authority has published a draft regulation for additional power plants, however, at the request of the Minister of Energy, the government is expected to hold a discussion on the issue.
These stations are required to be built in view of the increase in demand for electricity due to electric vehicles and the increase in the needs of the economy. The Ministry of Energy, the Ministry of Finance, the Electricity Authority and the Planning Administration are currently working on recommendations to the government regarding the extent of the power plants needed by the economy in the near future. This is about 10-15 additional stations.
The electricity sector will need additional power plants in order to satisfy the demand for electricity, even if the Israeli government sets very ambitious targets for the production of electricity from renewable energy, the rest will come from power plants.
Ahead of the government debate this coming Sunday on the electricity sector, the Ministry of Finance is calling on ministers to support the construction of the two new power plants. Sources in the Ministry of Finance maintain that these stations are required both to allow competition in the electricity market and to ensure the future needs of the economy.
All the regulators in the electricity sector support the approval of the plans for the new stations, including the Electricity Authority and the System Management Company, as well as the Ministry of Finance and the Planning Administration. Whoever opposes the approval of the plans, and stands on the back foot so that they do not come to fruition, is unimaginably no different than the Minister of Energy.
The approval should be on his shift, but the power outages and the increase in electricity prices will only be felt for years to come, on someone else's shift. what does he care
The more new and efficient stations there are, the greater the competition. But no one likes to approve the construction of power plants. No politician is interested in getting into trouble with the residents, who don't really want a station to be built over their heads, so they prefer that they be built without prior discussion.
In May 2023, the government approved statutory plans for only two stations instead of four, which harms competition for electricity and rolls into consumers' pockets. In this way, a station will be built near the Kesem interchange, which will not have competitors and will be able to demand high availability prices (prices at which it is on standby in case they need to operate it) and also sell the energy at high prices.
These are billions of overpayments over the life of the station. A possible competition for this station is the Reindeer station next to Route 6. If it is not built - we will all be in big trouble and very soon.
Response from the Office of the Minister of Energy: "We are looking into the needs"
The Office of the Minister of Energy stated: "By 2030, there is a planning inventory of more than 3 power plants while only two are required. Accordingly, the professional work of the Ministry of Energy must be completed to examine the exact needs and make recommendations accordingly."