Kurdistan Emerges As Iraq’s Largest Electricity Supplier

5 Dec 2025 Issue: 68 / 49 By: Yesar Al-Maleki

Federal Iraq is increasingly dependent on the Kurdistan Region for electricity supplies to its northern provinces. Erbil sees the trade as an important driver of political and economic gains and is doubling down on plans to develop gas fields in the region to supply electricity to Federal provinces.

Last week’s attacks on the 750mn cfd Khor Mor gas field laid bare the growing role of the Kurdistan Region as an electricity supplier to Federal Iraq. The field is the primary supplier of gas to power plants in Kurdistan, and its temporary closure forced plants across the Region to shut down too. Whereas in previous years the impact of this outside of Kurdistan would have been limited, this time, the shutdowns led to power outages in Federal Iraq.

The 26 November strike resulted in the federal grid losing up to 1.2GW of supplies that it was receiving from privately-operated power plants in the Region (MEES, 28 November). Dana Gas, operator of the field alongside Crescent Petroleum, announced on 3 December that full operations were restored. The Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) electricity minister, Kamal Mohammed, said Khor Mor was producing 530mn cfd prior to the attack. (CONTINUED - 1676 WORDS)