Lebanon Suffers Grid Collapse As Power Plants Run Out Of Fuel

The electric grid of Lebanon collapsed this Saturday after two state-owned power plants ran out of fuel. The outage lasted 24 hours but its underlying cause—a chronic shortage of fuel—remains a problem for the troubled Middle Eastern country. The Washington Post reported that the two plants, Deir Ammar and Zahrani, had run out of diesel fuel, and they could no longer supply the several hours' worth of electricity that the Lebanese have been forced to get by on in the past months. Around-the-clock electricity supply has not been available…