AMMAN — The Jordan Electric Power Company (JEPCO) said that the use of
electric water heaters is one of the reasons behind the rise in electricity
bills received by some citizens during the past few months, according to a
local media outlet.
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In a post on its official Facebook page, JEPCO stated that the water
temperature in the summer is already close to 20 degrees Celsius, therefore it
takes less time for the water temperature to reach 60 degrees Celsius, but in
the wintertime the water temperature is about 0 degrees Celsius.
On Monday, the Energy & Minerals Regulatory Commission (EMRC) revealed the
reason for the high electricity bills for several subscribers in Jordan was due
to an increase in electricity consumption during the winter season, according
to a press statement.
This winter recorded the highest electrical load in the
history of the country, reaching 4,010 megawatts.
Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the Energy and Minerals Regulatory
Commission, Hussein Laboun, denied there has been a recent increase in
electricity tariff, stressing that the electricity tariff of 2015 was still in
place for the domestic sector.
Laboun added that complaints regarding the high electricity bills in the months
when temperatures increase or decrease significantly during the summer and
winter seasons had become a frequent occurrence every year due to the shift in
the amount of consumption to the higher tariff bracket.
He explained that many consumers consumed a big load of electricity during in
the past days due to low temperatures.
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