Warnings of Complete Shutdown of Private Generators Before September Amid Tax and Fuel Crisis

mesoiraq - Owners of private power generators in several provinces warned on Sunday, August 23, 2026, of a potential complete halt in electricity supply to citizens even before the start of September, in protest against recent governmental decisions. Informed sources explained that the crisis has escalated due to the imposition of additional taxes and retroactive collection demands, coupled with a severe shortage of allocated fuel quotas. This situation forces generator owners to purchase fuel from the black market at inflated prices to compensate for the continuous outages in the national power grid. Representatives of the generator owners had previously threatened a total shutdown on September 1st unless relevant government authorities intervene to revise the tax policies and increase official fuel allocations.