EghtesadOnline: The Iran Power Generation , Distribution and Transmission Company (locally known as Tavanir) has warned that it will have to cut down on its electricity supply to steel mills, if public consumers fail to cooperate and lower their power consumption.

EghtesadOnline: Iran is to improve Iraq's power generation facilities and discuss banking issues, Iranian minister announced on Thursday.

EghtesadOnline: Iranian Deputy Energy Minister Houshang Falahatian announced that the country’s nominal capacity to produce electricity has surpassed 77,000 megawatts (MW).

EghtesadOnline: Installed power generation capacity has risen by 7,450 megawatts (7.4 gigawatts) after President Hassan Rouhani took office in mid-2013. Houshang Falahatian, a deputy energy minister, made the statement on the sidelines of an energy conference in Semnan Province on Wednesday, IRNA reported.

EghtesadOnline: In line with efforts to set up a regional power grid, Iran Power Generation , Distribution and Transmission Company, known as Tavanir, is in talks to synchronize Iran's electricity network with that of Iraq in a collaboration that could potentially be extended to other neighbors, the company's managing director said.

EghtesadOnline: In line with policies to expand power generation infrastructure, Energy Minister Hamid Chitchian launched a 20-megawatt photovoltaic power complex in Kerman Province on Thursday and broke ground on a major 100-MW solar plant as well as a 500-MW combined cycle power station in the province.