An 'Arab Spring' for Corporatization? Tunisia's National Electricity Company (STEG)
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description: STEG, the Tunisian public company for electricity and gas, has been created in 1962 and has since operated as a major state tool for national integration and social and economic development. Rural and urban electrification is among its main achievements. Since the 1990's, the company has followed a more commercial-oriented approach, with the aim that tariff reflect the full production cost and to prevent the growth of the manpower. Such a contractualization policy with the state can be regarded as a corporatization policy. With the Tunisian revolution in 2011, this policy is being challenged. On the one hand, STEG has hired numerous new employees ; on the other hand, it is under financial pressure due to non-payment and agressions. The energy transition toward renewable energy, and pressures from international money funders, push for a liberalization of the electricity sector at a time where increasing energy demand makes strong investments necessary. STEG is a turning of its history.
landing page: Public Utilities in the Global South
keyword: book-sections
keyword: corporatization
keyword: electricity
keyword: energy
keyword: infoeu-reposemanticsbookpart
keyword: public-services
keyword: revolution
keyword: shsgeohumanities-and-social-sciencesgeography
keyword: tunisia
issued: 2026-05-05T15:29:48.551552
modified: 2026-05-05T15:29:48.551559
language: en
contact point: Organization
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An 'Arab Spring' for Corporatization? Tunisia's National Electricity Company (STEG)
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issued: 2026-05-05T15:29:48.557478
modified: 2026-05-05T15:29:48.539654