ARMENIANS IN SOUTHERN GEORGIA PROTEST AGAINST NEW ELECTRICITY FEE COLLECTION ORDER

Armenpress

AKHALKALAKI, JUNE 14, ARMENPRESS: Armenians in Georgia’s south-western
region of Javakheti are protesting against a new electricity fee
collection procedure introduced by Georgia’s United Energy Company. A
local A-Info news agency said until now each household had to pay as
much for electricity as it consumed, but the new order demands that the
amount of payments correspondent to readings of major meters installed
in towns and villages, which are divided equally among all consumers.

The United Energy Company explains the move by its drive to lessen the
amount of losses, but the move will hit insecure families which avoid
consuming much electricity. Several Armenian-populated communities
have already refused to pay fees.