Graduated Electricity Tariff Not Industry-Friendly— Energy Minister
The Minister of Energy, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has described the current graduated electricity tariffs system as punitive, and therefore does not encourage small-scale industries to use energy to increase production for industrial growth, employment generation and wealth creation. He said in order to address the current punitive system where consumers that use more paid more per the same unit, the ministry had taken advantage of the Energy Sector Recovery Taskforce under a World Bank programme and had engaged the PURC to address the situation. Dr Prempeh, flanked by a Deputy Minister fo...
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