February 22, 2026 - The Higher Steering Committee for the Rural Electrification Fund, in a meeting chaired by the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Dr. Saleh AL-Kharabsheh, approved the lists of homes and sites benefiting from electricity connections for the month of January. These included 131 homes and sites at a total cost of 652,000 dinars.

In a press statement, AL-Kharabsheh said that the committee approved a group of projects and sites to be connected to the electricity grid through the Rural Electrification Fund. These projects include residential areas and economic activities, following the expansion of the service in accordance with the amendments to the electricity connection criteria.

For his part, the Director of the Electricity and Rural Electrification Directorate at the Ministry, Engineer Hisham Al-Momani, presented the details of the decisions, explaining that they included residential clusters of five houses outside the designated urban planning zones at a cost of 142,000 dinars, clusters of at least three houses at a cost of 51,000 dinars, in addition to detached houses located outside the designated urban planning zones and benefiting from existing networks at a cost of 41,000 dinars. According to Al-Momani, the lists also included a segment of low-income families within the designated urban planning zones in the electricity companies' concession areas at a cost of 4,000 dinars, as support for those with limited income. Within the framework of supporting livestock and agricultural production, support included poultry, cattle, sheep, and fish farms in poverty-stricken areas outside the designated urban planning zones at a cost of 35,000 dinars, and farms with artesian wells at a cost of 36,000 dinars, contributing to enhancing food security and self-reliance.

The Rural Electrification Fund also contributed 292,000 dinars to support productive, industrial, and investment projects in poverty-stricken areas outside the designated urban planning zones, provided that job opportunities are created for Jordanians residing in the project area. The approved projects included lighting roads leading to cemeteries at a cost of 6,000 dinars to make it easier for citizens at night, and providing electricity to projects belonging to government sectors, agricultural cooperatives, and charitable organizations at a cost of 39,000 dinars.