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ARMENIAN CIVIC ACTIVISTS TO ASK REGULATOR TO POSTPONE PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED INCREASE IN GAS AND ELECTRICITY PRICES
YEREVAN, June 6. /ARKA/. Armenian civic activists will ask the Public
Services Regulatory Commission to postpone a session that is to discuss
the proposed increase of prices for natural gas and electric power.
"Before considering the increase, it has been necessary to organize
public hearings to give people an opportunity to express their
views," Aram Grigoryan, the executive director of the Union of Public
Defenders, said Thursday at a news conference. "But no such discussions
have been held. That is why tomorrow our civic initiative will propose
the Public Services Regulatory Commission to postpone the session for
one month" On May 29, the commission failed to hold public hearings,
since the people who gathered in the hall demanded to postpone it until
another hall that would accommodate more than 100 people were found.
Meri Khachatryan, a lawyer, on her side, said that Armenian citizens
display passiveness toward this issue. She called on citizens to join
the initiative.
On May 14, ArmRosGazprom asked the regulator to revise upward the
current tariff for Russian natural gas. It wants to raise the price
for consumers using up to 10 thousand cubic meters a month from
current 132,000 drams per one thousand cubic meters (including VAT)
to 221,000 drams.
Earlier this week the PSRC unveiled on its official website new prices
of gas. Thus, consumers using up to 10,000 cubic meters of natural gas
per month will be paying 156 thousand drams, including VAT, for one
thousand cubic meters, up form current 132,000 drams. Corporate and
other enterprises consuming 10,000 and more cubic meters will be paying
about $276.98. The new prices will come into force from June 7 to 10.
Prices for electricity are expected to rise as well.
The Public Service Regulatory Commission says the day-time price for
one kilowatt/hour (from 7:00 to 23:00) may rise up to 38 drams from
the present 30, and the night-time price may rise from the present
25 to 28. ($1 - AMD 414.92).---0---
YEREVAN, June 6. /ARKA/. Armenian civic activists will ask the Public
Services Regulatory Commission to postpone a session that is to discuss
the proposed increase of prices for natural gas and electric power.
"Before considering the increase, it has been necessary to organize
public hearings to give people an opportunity to express their
views," Aram Grigoryan, the executive director of the Union of Public
Defenders, said Thursday at a news conference. "But no such discussions
have been held. That is why tomorrow our civic initiative will propose
the Public Services Regulatory Commission to postpone the session for
one month" On May 29, the commission failed to hold public hearings,
since the people who gathered in the hall demanded to postpone it until
another hall that would accommodate more than 100 people were found.
Meri Khachatryan, a lawyer, on her side, said that Armenian citizens
display passiveness toward this issue. She called on citizens to join
the initiative.
On May 14, ArmRosGazprom asked the regulator to revise upward the
current tariff for Russian natural gas. It wants to raise the price
for consumers using up to 10 thousand cubic meters a month from
current 132,000 drams per one thousand cubic meters (including VAT)
to 221,000 drams.
Earlier this week the PSRC unveiled on its official website new prices
of gas. Thus, consumers using up to 10,000 cubic meters of natural gas
per month will be paying 156 thousand drams, including VAT, for one
thousand cubic meters, up form current 132,000 drams. Corporate and
other enterprises consuming 10,000 and more cubic meters will be paying
about $276.98. The new prices will come into force from June 7 to 10.
Prices for electricity are expected to rise as well.
The Public Service Regulatory Commission says the day-time price for
one kilowatt/hour (from 7:00 to 23:00) may rise up to 38 drams from
the present 30, and the night-time price may rise from the present
25 to 28. ($1 - AMD 414.92).---0---