Madagascar requisitions Enelec power plant in Toamasina
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on L'Express de Madagascar and Midi Madagasikara
The Malagasy state requisitioned Enelec’s thermal power plant in Toamasina on 6 November and temporarily entrusted its operation to Jirama, after ending the heavy fuel oil electricity supply contract. The plant has a contractual capacity of 32 MW, but actual output does not exceed 14 MW, according to L’Express de Madagascar.
On 6 November 2026, the Malagasy state ended Enelec’s contract with Jirama for the supply of electricity produced using heavy fuel oil and requisitioned the Toamasina II thermal power plant. Jirama is temporarily taking over its operation, with the installations, equipment and personnel required, in accordance with decree No. 2026-2432 adopted on 3 November, according to L’Express de Madagascar.
The plant has a contractual capacity of 32 MW, but its actual supply does not exceed 14 MW. The takeover is intended to make more capacity available to the grid and reduce power cuts affecting households and economic activities in Toamasina.
A government delegation travelled to the site to support the operation. It included Energy and Hydrocarbons Minister Radonirina Lucas Rabearimanga, the Secretary-General of the Presidency of the Refoundation and chairman of Jirama’s board of directors, General Itibar Ottman, as well as the national company’s director-general, General Hajatiana Rasolomanana. Representatives of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, the General State Inspectorate, the Court of Auditors, BIANCO, ANAF and ARAI were also present.
The measure follows several months of tensions over the performance of private producers. In July, Refoundation President Michaël Randrianirina criticised Enelec’s production shortfalls in Toamasina, Antsiranana and Mahajanga, while the company cited major technical problems with its facilities.
