October 13, 2024 The Director of the Electricity and Rural Electrification Directorate/Director of the Project to Replace Traditional Lighting Units with Energy-saving Units, Eng. "Hisham Al-Momani," conducted a field tour and the technical supervision team to inspect the project to replace energy-saving lighting units in various locations affiliated with Ramtha District Municipality.

During the tour, Al-Momani was briefed on the achievement of the replacement project and the efficiency of the energy-saving lighting units in the municipality, which included the installation of 5,730 units.

Al-Momani discussed with the Mayor of Ramtha, "Ahmed Al-Khaza'leh," the developments of the lighting units’ project that were designed according to the standards approved by the Royal Scientific Society in terms of capabilities and in a manner consistent with the capacity of the streets, ensuring the highest level of night lighting to serve the traffic movement of citizens.

Al-Momani pointed out the possibility of expanding the uses of lighting units to benefit from them for smart city purposes in the future, due to the ability to install smart applications on these units to control the intensity of lighting and also use them to strengthen communications and internet networks.

The Mayor honored Eng. Hisham Al-Momani and the technical team for the efforts made by the Ministry for the benefit of municipalities and helping them serve the local community through its vision that seeks to achieve a savings of 60% of the energy bill for municipalities and reduce the cost of electricity consumption for streets and reduce carbon emissions, which is positively reflected in the services provided to citizens.

It is noteworthy that the project to replace lighting units in the municipalities of the Kingdom is being implemented by the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources in cooperation with the Ministry of Local Administration in partnership with electricity distribution companies within the concession areas at a cost of 70 million dinars, to which the Ministry of Energy contributes by bearing half the cost of the project at 5 million annually for 7 years.