AMMAN —
Lower House Energy and Mineral Resources Committee renewed on Wednesday its
call on the government to reverse its decision to impose fees on renewable
energy, especially for households that had previously installed a renewable
energy system, due to the “unfairness” of this decision.
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Committee Chairman
Firas Al-Ajarmeh said that
the committee members discussed a number of issues related to the energy
sector, including fees imposed on operators of renewable energy systems, the
sector’s regulation, and government measures in the event of a global increase
in oil prices as well as the cost of producing kilowatt-hours of electricity in
the Kingdom.
Ajarmeh added that the committee will submit
a request to the government to discourage it from the decision to impose fees
on users of renewable energy systems.
Ajarmeh pointed out that the committee called
on the government to address the electricity company not to disconnect
electricity from citizens during the holy month of Ramadan because of overdue
bills.
For his part, the
Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Saleh Al-Kharabsheh, indicated that imposing fees on
renewable energy users is part of the existing energy restructuring, removing
distortions and reducing the number of tranches, pointing out that any money
saved will be directed to various economic sectors.
Kharabsheh stressed that the financial
situation does not allow continued subsidy to non-Jordanians in the energy
sector, noting that the number of subscribers registered on the electricity
subsidy platform has so far reached 700,000, out of two million total
subscribers.
He confirmed that there are sufficient oil reserves,
indicating that all options are under discussion at the time, in the event of a
delay in supplying oil to the Kingdom as a result of global events.
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