The 5th International Gulf Electricity Conference and Exhibition 2009 organized by Regional Committee for Electric Power Systems in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states in cooperation with International Exhibition Group in Qatar was inaugurated here today. In an augural speech, the Undersecretary of Ministry of Water and Electricity for Electricity Affairs Dr. Saleh bin Hussein Al-Awaji stressed the completion of the first phase of electric grid linking project in the GCC states, noting that all the project will be completed in 2010 or 2011. --SP