The GCC-Iraq Electrical Interconnection Project is 30 percent completed, announced CEO of the Gulf Interconnection Authority (GCCIA) Ahmed al-Ebrahim.
Ebrahim indicated that the project is taking place according to the specific timetable ending by 2024.
He said during the celebration organized by the Authority in Dammam celebrating the occasion of World Quality Week that the GCCIA was keen to apply the highest quality standards in the electrical interconnection project with Iraq.
The Authority developed an integrated program to monitor the quality of the electrical interconnection project with Iraq, said Ebrahim.
He stressed that the Authority is keen to connect with external systems to benefit from surplus energy during the winter, pointing out that the countries targeted for energy export are Iraq, Jordan, and Egypt through cooperation with the Saudi Electricity Company and the rest of the Gulf networks.
The winter season is an opportunity for regular maintenance to ensure quality performance, said Ebrahim.
The World Quality Week aims to spread the culture of good quality worldwide and encourage individuals and establishments to apply its concepts, benefiting individuals, societies, and the world, according to the official.
He indicated that Quality Week is an opportunity for those interested in quality to celebrate their achievements and increase awareness to benefit from it.
The World Quality Week 2023 represents an opportunity to shed light on individuals, work teams, and establishments that invest in creating and improving customer value.
The CEO stressed that establishments that focus on customers and promote a culture of achieving customer value through innovation and product improvement, explaining that enhancing a culture of quality helps to recognize that the customer, not the establishment, better defines the quality of the product.
It promotes customer participation in improving the quality of products and services and cooperates with customers to enhance the quality of the product and service and solve any problems.
The success of the global economy depends on quality, creativity, and sustainability, said Ebrahim, noting that World Quality Week was an opportunity to reinforce these foundations.
