📰 2 sources 4 articles · 12 Nov 2026, 13:35 → 20 hours ago

Lebanese Parliament approves an additional appropriation to pay part of Electricité du Liban's dues

Lebanon's Parliament approved a draft law opening an additional appropriation in the 2026 general budget to pay part of Electricité du Liban's dues accumulated on public departments and institutions, in a legislative session that also raised the allocation for individual solar energy project loans to $20 million and included political discussions and messages on security and electoral matters. A news report meanwhile spoke of $100 million in financing for electricity and of Qatar entering the assistance effort, without details on the funding source, mechanism or timing.

📍 Where things stand: The additional appropriation has been approved by Parliament, while details on the $100 million financing and possible Qatari assistance remain unspecified in the available information.

⏱️ Timeline

12 Nov 2026, 13:35 Parliament approved the draft law processed under Decree No. 4210, opening an additional appropriation of 8,950,000,000,000 Lebanese pounds in the 2026 general budget within the budget reserve chapter, to pay part of Electricité du Liban's dues accumulated on public departments and institutions.
13 Nov 2026, 06:55 In a legislative session, Parliament approved an additional appropriation of $100 million to pay part of Electricité du Liban's dues, and raised the allocation for individual solar energy project loans to $20 million. The session included discussions and political messages on the security situation, the war-and-peace decision and remarks by the Iranian Parliament speaker, as well as demands for government interrogation sessions, discussion of Beirut's security and setting a date for electing Parliament members.
13 Nov 2026, 08:14 A news report mentioned $100 million in financing allocated to Lebanon's electricity sector, along with talk of Qatar entering the assistance effort on this file, without further details on the funding source, its implementation mechanism or timing.

Timeline written by AI from the sources below; updated as new reports arrive.

⚠️ Sources disagree

Value of the additional appropriation for Electricité du Liban

an additional appropriation of 8,950 billion Lebanese pounds according to lebanon debate
an additional appropriation of 8,950,000,000,000 Lebanese pounds (in an earlier report), and $100 million (in a later report) according to MTV Lebanon

Figures as each outlet reported them at the time. We do not judge which is correct; numbers often change as events develop.

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