Georgetown : The Government has offered to put on hold the July 1 deadline to which the electricity tariff hike was scheduled to take effect in Linden, and in consultation with officials from Region Ten and the politician opposition, has moved to establish a technical team to brainstorm options to the electricity tariff system.
The decision was promoted by the “inciting” protest actions and unrest sparked in the bauxite town according to Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr. Roger Luncheon who addressed the public in the first of a series of daily Office of the President media updates on current national issues.
“This review would include all available and practical options and the attendant implications, financial and otherwise. Also the government undertook to have the members of the technical team named from collaboration from both sides and the team would draft terms of reference that would be agreed upon by both sides,” Dr. Luncheon said.
The various positions advanced by the Government have been submitted to Region Ten Chairman Sharma Solomon for a response according to Dr. Luncheon.
Under the new electricity structure, Lindeners were slated to receive the first 50 kwh per month at the existing prices. The full cost for electricity in Linden is $ 75-80 per kwh; however, even after the first 50 kwh, bauxite pensioners will pay $50 per kwh, others $50 and commercial and industrial outfits will pay $ 65.
Dr. Luncheon stated that the July 23 meeting with the Government and Region Ten officials and opposition politicians was candid with both sides committing to finding solutions to resolving the outstanding issues in Linden.
During dialogue with the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance for Change (AFC) in April on the national budget the government committed to resuscitating the Linden Enterprise Network (LEN) that succeeded the Linden Economic Advancement Programme (LEAP).
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