TARIFFS OF ELECTRICITY, GAS AND DRINKING WATER NOT TO CHANGE THIS YEAR
Noyan Tapan
April 16, 2008
YEREVAN, APRIL 16, NOYAN TAPAN. No change in the established tariffs
of electricity, natural gas and drinking water is envisaged this year.
According to a press release of the RA Public Services Regulatory
Commision, after the end of the Armenian government’s subsidizing –
starting from May 1st, users will have to pay for gas supply by the
tariffs, which were established by the Commission as early as November
2006: users of up to 10 thousand cubic meters of natural gas a month
will have to pay 84 thousand drams, while those using over 10 thousand
cubic meters will have to pay a sum equivalent to 153.26 USD.
To recap, in February 2008, Yerevan Jur company submitted a bid for
raising the drinking water tariff to the Commission. It is proposed
fixing the tariff at 185.8 drams instead of the current 172.8 drams
for a cubic meter.