AMMAN —
Energy and Minerals Regulatory Commission (EMRC) Board of Commissioners
Chairman Hussein Labboun Monday denied any raise in electricity prices
recently, and said that the home tariff that has been in place since 2015 is
still valid, according to the Jordan News Agency, Petra.
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He ascribed any
rise in the electricity bill to high demand during this winter, when the
electric load was at 4,010 megawatt, the highest in the Kingdom’s history.
He referred to
repeated complains about higher electricity bills during summer or winter when
temperatures rise or fall, prompting consumption to soar and shift to the high
tariff category.
The past period
saw multiple air depressions sending temperatures to dip and prompting
consumers to resort to electricity for heating for longer-than-usual times,
which reflected on the bill’s value, Labboun explained.
The EMRC verifies
the electricity companies’ commitment to issuing monthly bills on time
according to the commission’s regulations, he said.
On electric loss, Labboun
said the amount of consumption determines the tariff and ultimately a bill’s
value, adding that the EMRC decides the voltage level on the grid “within the
Jordanian codes and standards.”
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