Jirama ( ''Jiro sy rano malagasy'') is a state-owned

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and water services company in

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History

The Jirama was established on 17 October 1975 when the Société Malagasy des Eaux et Electricité and the Société des Energies de Madagascar merged. Up until 1999, it was the only state-owned electricity company of the country. After 1999, the Jirama maintained its monopoly on transportation and distribution networks. In 2007, when

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's Mayor

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took office, the city's treasury had a debt of 8.2 billion Malagasy

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(approximately 4.6 million U.S. dollars). On 4 January 2008, because of unpaid debts to the Jirama, the city of Antananarivo was hit by a general water cutoff and brownouts of the city's street lights. After an audit, it was found that the Jirama owed about the same amount of money to the city, and the sanction on the city's population was relieved. In 2008, thanks to the launch of a new thermal power plant in Mandroseza, the Jirama was able to service 2,000 additional consumers in Antananarivo. In June 2009, Désiré Rasidy was named new CEO of the Jirama. In 2012, thanks to the financing of the

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, the Jirama launched the

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power plant constructed by British Broad Crown that aimed at ending power shortages for good in

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. According to an IMF report published in March 2018, the Jirama's financial difficulties are a major burden for the Malagasy economy. In June 2018, the Jirama was considering a rehabilitation of its electricity distribution network.

Activities

Headquartered in Antananarivo, the Jirama serves 340,000 clients for electricity in 114 localities and 65 water distribution centres. The Jirama is 100% owned by the government of Madagascar.

Plants

*18 MW Solar-hybride central at Tanambao Verrerie,

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(since 2021) * 8,4 MW

Antelomita Hydroelectric Power Station The Antelomita Hydroelectric Power Station is located in the rural commune Anjeva Gara of the Analamanga Region, Madagascar. The hydroelectric power station comprises two parts, Antelomita I and II. Both are adjacent to one another on separate wat ...

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*91 MW

Andekaleka Hydroelectric Power Station Andekaleka (also Gare Andekaleka) is a town and commune ( mg, kaominina) in Madagascar. It belongs to the district of Vohibinany (district), which is a part of Atsinanana Region. Geography The town lies has a railway station on the East Coast li ...

*24 MW

Mandraka Power Station Mandraka Dam is a gravity dam on the Mandraka River near Mandraka in the Analamanga Region of Madagascar. The dam was constructed by a French firm by 1956 and creates Lake Mandraka. Mandraka Power Station The dam supplies water to a hydroelect ...

*205 MW

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jirama Electric power companies of Madagascar Public utilities established in 1975 Government-owned companies of Madagascar Water companies of Madagascar Companies based in Antananarivo