Half of households in Runaki billed less than 28,000 IQD in June

Erbil, Kurdistan Region (GOV.KRD) — The Ministry of Electricity is pleased to announce that households and businesses under the Runaki programme received record-low electricity bills for June.

 Across the Kurdistan Region, households in Slemani’s city centre received the lowest billed amounts due to the significant number of households who joined in June and subsequent discounts.

 Table 1: half of Runaki households and businesses paid less than the following in June

	Kurdistan	Erbil	Slemani	Duhok
Households	28,000 IQD	29,000 IQD	16,000 IQD	25,000 IQD
Businesses	63,000 IQD	70,000 IQD	69,000 IQD	46,000 IQD

Table 2: the number of citizens and businesses currently on Runaki by governorate

	Kurdistan	Erbil	Slemani	Duhok
Citizens	2,722,500	1,458,000	976,500	288,000
Businesses	103,000	51,000	38,000	14,000

To date, more than 2.7 million people across the Kurdistan Region, or approximately 40% of the population, enjoy access to 24-hour electricity.

Based on the data available from Runaki, around 80% of households, and in particular low-income households, pay less now than they previously did for the national grid and neighbourhood diesel generators combined.

Prime Minister Masrour Barzani announced the Runaki programme in October 2024. The KRG Council of Ministers unanimously adopted the programme and new progressive tariffs in May 2025.

The KRG is planning to deliver 24-hour electricity to every home and business in the Kurdistan Region by the end of 2026. All major city centres in Kurdistan already enjoy 24-hour access to electricity.