[1] Because of the ongoing Lebanese liquidity crisis, the Lebanese pound lost over 90% of its value, leaving the government unable to pay for fuel imports,[2] resulting in a general shortage of fuel in Lebanon, including for its power plants.
The fuel shortage also meant that people and businesses could not run their private fuel-powered electricity generators.
The day before, the Deir Ammar Power Station had also stopped running for the same reason.
[3][1] Power had not been expected to come back on for several days, although that turned out to be wrong.
[4] On 10 October, Banque du Liban, Lebanon's central bank, released $100 million to the Lebanese Energy Ministry to enable it to import fuel.