The electricity supply industry in Libya is the responsibility of the secretariat of Electricity. There is a separate corporation serving the city of Benghazi, on the East Coast of the Gulf of Sirte in the north.
Most stations are oil-fired, though some have been converted to gas.
In 1993 installed capacity was exclusively thermal capacity. Projects Four power stations are being built by Alcatel-Cegelec and a 600km 225 kV interconnection with Tunisia is also under construction. Libya, Tunisia and Egypt have been discussing the possibility of linking the national grids of the three countries. An Egyptian firm, Kahromica, has won a contract to rehabilitate a tank farm for six power plants. There are plans to develop other gas-fired facilities.