Q&A: Assad Muhair Karim, director general for southern electricity transmission

BASRA - Iraq's chronic electricity shortages are a result of not just a gap between supply and demand but also outdated infrastructure, since much of the power generated is lost in inefficient transmission lines before it can reach consumers.

As the director general of Iraq's Electricity Transmission Company for the South, Eng. Assad Muhair Karim is overseeing a plan to overhaul the transmission system, adding 400 kilovolts (kV) of transmission lines in the Basra area to support the southern network and the national grid.