THIS WEEK’S CARNIVAL OF THE LIBERATED, a weekly roundup of Iraqi blog posts, is up. The electricity problem remains serious, and somebody needs to pay more attention to it.

UPDATE: On the electricity, reader Tom Brosz emails:

The electrical problem in Iraq has two sources: Baghdad is no longer getting special treatment, and the demand from an economy growing at 60 percent a year is skyrocketing.

This DOD source shows that Iraq’s production, around 6,000 MW, currently exceeds the prewar levels (about 4,400 MW) by a considerable amount. The chart at this site shows some of the numbers throughout the war. Note the change in portioning between Baghdad and the rest of the nation.

Interesting. I hope that things are this good, but even if so somebody needs to get the message to the Iraqis.

UPDATE: More on electricity here, supporting the notion that consumption is rising faster than generation. Nonetheless, to ordinary Iraqis things don’t look good, and that’s what matters.