Parliamentary Energy plans to discuss and determine the pricing of electricity fees




Views 40 Date 12/26/2016 - 23:19

Economy News / Baghdad ...



It plans to the Commission on oil and energy parliamentary, on Monday, to discuss and define new pricing for the wages of electrical power and the beginning of the legislative term of the parliament, as pointed out that there is a mind to poor families in the pricing.

Said committee member Jamal Mohammed in an interview, said his committee will hold a meeting beginning of the legislative term of the parliament to discuss the new mechanism on the government proposed to determine the new rates for fees of electric power, indicating that there is a tendency on the division of prices and are taking into account the poor and vulnerable class as will wage increase prices for the owners of the high-income to curb the excessive energy consumption.

He added that there are some MPs have objection about this project and demanded the government to submit new proposals in order to serve the citizen to proceed with the launch of the project.

The Ministry of Electricity, revealed its intention to privatize the distribution sector through an agreement with investors to do erect a smart measurements and collection of funds and maintenance, while warning of turning plants into "junk" because of the lack of maintenance of the lack of financial allocations, confirmed the increase in energy consumption from eight to 11 A. MW as a result of the recent low temperatures.



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