Official recordLaw No. 288/2014 - Temporary Generation-Permit Authority
Legal characterTemporary licensing authority
Current readingExpired
Historic temporary authority for electricity-generation permits.
Why it matters
It provided an interim route for private generation from 2014 to 2016; later laws extended or revived that authority.
Core provisions
The operative ideas to understand before reading the full text.
- 01
Temporarily shifted generation-permit authority to the Council of Ministers.
- 02
Required a joint ministerial proposal for permits.
- 03
Operated as an interim route pending appointment of the regulator.
Engineering lens
- Allowed project permits before a functioning regulator.
- Did not itself supply interconnection studies or construction standards.
Economic and investment lens
- Reduced an institutional bottleneck for private proposals.
- Time limits and exceptional authority increased regulatory-duration risk.
From text to operation
Implementation gates
These conditions must be evidenced before treating the instrument as operational for a project, tariff or market transaction.
- 1Cabinet approval on the required joint proposal
- 2Project-specific permits and contracts
- 3Separate environmental and grid approvals
Documented relationships
- Linked instrument reactivates and extends Law 129
- Linked instrument extends temporary authority Law 54
- This instrument continues the exceptional licensing route Law 775
Primary sources
- Parliamentary proceedings on the extension of Law 288/2014 Lebanese Parliament · Published · Arabic · Accessed 16 August 2026
- National Renewable Energy Action Plan 2025-2030 Lebanese Center for Energy Conservation · Published · English · Accessed 16 August 2026