AMMAN —
Energy and Minerals Regulatory Commission spokesperson Tahrir Al-Qaq on Monday said
that electricity subsidies for Jordanians who are away from their homes for a
period exceeding three months will not be canceled, but rather frozen.
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According to Qaq,
the status of these houses on the website remains “subsidized”, but the
electricity bill will be issued without subsidy.
Qaq added that
once owners return and start consuming regularly, the bill will be subsidized
automatically, without them needing to register on the official website again.
Qaq’s statement
came to quell the spread of some recent news claiming that electricity
subsidies for
Jordanian expatriates who do not live in their houses will be
stopped, which made some wonder about the reasons for such decision, its
impact, and the mechanism for regaining the right to subsidy.
Qaq told
Jordan
News that the electricity subsidy granted to Jordanians, which already went
into effect, stays as is, “but in the event electricity is not consumed for three
consecutive months, the subsidy will be frozen until consumption is resumed”.
She pointed out
that “this measure involves Jordanian expatriates who stay outside the country
for a period of three months; it also applies to citizens living in Jordan who
consume less than 50 kilowatt hours per month”.
In the event
electricity is not consumed for three consecutive months or more, Qaq said
payment is decided “by calculating the minimum lump sum, which is JD1.75, in
addition to the fixed fees on any electricity bill, which are ‘fils al reef’
(to finance the installation of power cells in remote areas), TV fee, and waste
fee”.
Qaq said that
“this is the same mechanism that has been used for a long time in calculating
the value of the monthly bill when it comes to dealing with closed houses or
houses that do not consume electricity, even before we started providing
electricity subsidies to citizens”.
Imad Marwan, a
Jordanian expatriate, told
Jordan News: “I own a house in Amman, and I did not
notice a difference in the value of the electricity bill compared to before the
subsidy.”
Marwan, who
lives in Germany for work, said that his electricity consumption “is low”.
“The electricity
consumption in my house in Amman is only due to a refrigerator that I leave
connected all the time, therefore, I did not notice a difference in the values
of electricity bills, which are minimal” he added.
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