The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has condemned moves by the Public Utilities and Regulatory Commission (PURC) to
increase utility tariffs.
As if that was not enough, Government has insensitively
increased utility tariffs astronomically without any fear or favour to our plights.
As workers, we are worried about the ever
increasing utility tariffs which do not match the rate of increase in incomes.
Employment and Labour Relations Minister, Haruna Iddrisu, says any attempt to reverse
the increased utility tariffs and new taxes will negatively affect government's ability to fix the energy crisis.
Not exact matches
All told, the
tariffs will
increase the cost of
utility - scale solar projects by about 10 percent and residential rooftop systems by just 3 percent — raising them roughly to prices seen two years ago.
Inflation, which remains still high at 19.2 percent in March 2016, is being affected by the
increase in
utility tariffs, energy sector levies and transportation costs, but core inflation has started to decline in recent months.»
«The government is not able to maintain the value of the currency so the 80 percent
tariff increase in six months become valueless because the
utility companies have to run on inputs that are imported with dollars,» he stated.
The levy has caused an
increase in petroleum prices by up to 27 % compounding the effects of recent
increases in
utility tariffs.
Following our consultations with the PURC, we did not expect any
increase in
tariffs beyond 50 percent as against the 129 to 400 percent proposed by the
utility companies, on condition that the power supply would have stabilized.
The Public
Utilities Regulatory Commission's announcement of an
increase in electricity and water
tariffs by 59.2 % and 67.2 % respectively, forced the meeting between government and organized labor which demanded a reduction.
The protesters want government to reverse the recent
increases in
utility tariffs and petroleum prices.
«Scandals and perceived corruption in governance and the society generally, socio - economic hardships such as unstable currency, unstable power supplies — undermining both industrial and domestic ventures — executive bureaucratic delays in the public sector, especially at the ports, many industrial actions, protest demonstrations throughout the economy, sudden and high
tariff increases for
utilities, and ever - bloating national debt stock, have hall - marked the out - going year,» he observed.
The Public
Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has
increased electricity and water
tariffs by 59.2 % and 67.2 % respectively ahead of the Christmas season.
BEL Proposes to Recover
Increase in Cost of Power The Belize Electricity Limited (BEL) Company submitted a request to the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to increase electricity rates for the annual Tariff Period from July 1, 2018, to June 3
Increase in Cost of Power The Belize Electricity Limited (BEL) Company submitted a request to the Public
Utilities Commission (PUC) to
increase electricity rates for the annual Tariff Period from July 1, 2018, to June 3
increase electricity rates for the annual
Tariff Period from July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2019.
New research predicts the energy storage market in Germany will
increase 11-fold in the next five years, with the residential market buoyed by declining feed - in
tariffs, high electricity prices and $ 30 million in subsidies, while the primary reserve market boosts activity within the
utilities sector.