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He said the erstwhile National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration increased prices by 166% therefore the recent 5% increase isn't insensitive.
"Between 2013 and 2016, just the last four years of the NDC government, the cumulative increase in electricity tariff was 166%", he said at the launch of of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) Jobs Centre.
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“In 2018, we [NPP] reduced electricity prices of businesses by 30% and for households by 17.5 %, an average of around 22%.”
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“Earlier this year in July, there was an increase of electricity price of 11% and yesterday of 5.6%. When you take the total cumulative increase on average, as I said, between 2017 and today, you have a cumulative decrease of about 5%.”
“So, the NDC, in their last four years, increased [electricity tariff] by 166%, we have come down since we have been in government by 5% on average.”
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The Public Utilities and Regulatory Commission on Monday announced 5.94% on electricity tariffs and 2.22% on water tariffs across board for all customer categories.
A statement announcing the changed said: “Following a review of Electricity and Water Tariffs for the fourth Quarter 2019 which is from October – December 2019, the PURC wishes to announce for the information of consumers of electricity and water that there has been an upward adjustment in the existing tariffs.”