10 September 2026 - The Higher Steering Committee for the Rural Fils approved, during a meeting held under the chairmanship of the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Dr. Saleh Al-Kharabsheh, the lists of homes and sites benefiting from the delivery of electric current by means of regular networks and solar cell systems, amounting to about 331 homes and sites, at a total cost of 1.317 million dinars during last August.

Al-Kharabsheh said that the committee approved a group of projects and sites to which electric current will be delivered at the expense of the Rural Fils, and they include population gatherings and economic activities, within the framework of expanding the scope of benefiting from this service, in accordance with the amendments that occurred to the bases of delivering electric current at the expense of the Rural Fils.

For his part, the Director of the Electricity and Rural Electrification Directorate at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Engineer Hisham Al-Momani, reviewed the details of the decisions, indicating that they included residential homes located inside and outside the organization boundaries, at a total cost of about 470 thousand dinars.

And within the framework of supporting the agricultural sector and farmers, Al-Momani explained that the Rural Fils included animal wealth projects, including poultry, cow, sheep, and fish farms located outside the organization boundaries, at a support cost of 96 thousand dinars, in addition to supporting farms that include artesian wells outside the organization, at a cost of 252 thousand dinars.

He affirmed that this support comes within the framework of supporting farmers and advancing the agricultural sector and contributing to achieving food security and enhancing self-reliance, adding that the support of the Rural Fils included productive, industrial, investment, and tourism projects and economic activities, provided that they contribute to providing job opportunities for Jordanians from the people of the areas in which the projects are implemented, in a way that contributes to the development of local communities and enhancing employment opportunities, where the value of support for these projects amounted to about 336 thousand dinars.

Al-Momani said that the Rural Fils also contributed to delivering electric current to a number of projects belonging to government sectors, at a total cost of about 38 thousand dinars, adding that the decisions included approval of lighting the roads leading to cemeteries at a cost of 21 thousand dinars, in a way that facilitates citizens' access to them and burying their dead during night hours.

And in the field of exploiting alternative energy sources, the committee approved the installation of grid-connected solar cell systems for 49 homes of poor families and beneficiaries of the National Aid Fund at a cost of 49 thousand dinars, with the aim of reducing the value of the monthly energy bill for this category, in a way that contributes to improving its available income and economic level.

Al-Momani explained that the Rural Fils also contributed to raising the capacities of transformer stations that were established at the expense of the Rural Fils during the past ten years, to address weak electric current and reduce electrical losses, at a cost of 55 thousand dinars.

The Ministry affirmed the continuation of work on developing and improving electric current delivery services at the expense of the Rural Fils, in a way that guarantees providing a service with a high level of quality and professionalism and more comprehensive, calling on those wishing to submit requests for delivering electric current to homes and facilities in accordance with the bases approved by the Council of Ministers and the decisions of the relevant Higher Steering Committee.