AMMAN — Unpaid electricity bills by the end of the third quarter of this year came to
JD588 million, according to the J
ordanian Electric Power Company’s quarterly
data, reported by Al Ghad News.
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The total value of unpaid bills by the end of the third quarter of
this year rose by JD50 million compared to the same period in 2020, where
unpaid bills topped just JD538 million.
The number of subscribers within the concession of the Jordanian
Electric Power Company reached 1.5 million subscribers in the central
governorates of Amman, Zarqa, Madaba, and Salt, according to Al Mamlaka TV.
The company’s quarterly data showed total profit decreased from JD95.7
million dinars at the end of September of 2020, to JD86.4 million by the end of
the third quarter of 2021.
The government recently announced a
new tariff structure and distribution of costs on the domestic sector according
to the amount of power consumed by several segments. The new structure will be
applied in the first four months of 2022.
Hussein Laboun, chairman of the
Energy and Minerals Regulatory Commission (EMRC),
said that the application of the new electric tariff structure “will have a
positive impact on the consumer segments”, explaining that for 93 percent of
subscribers who consume less than 600 kilowatt-hours per month, or who’s bills
are less than JD50, “tariffs will be reduced or remain unaffected”.
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