(REAL News) — The Gaston Browne Administration is yet to announce what savings will be passed on to customers of the Antigua Public Utilities Authority (APUA) when the Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) plant comes on stream.
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The Government has acquired two massive tanks for LNG storage, and these have been installed near the LNG Electricity Plant that should come into operation in October.
Officials say the Plant will provide enough electricity to exceed the peak use of power by more than 10 megawatts; therefore, it will be cheaper to operate and will reduce the carbon footprint of Antigua and Barbuda.
With the plant being more cost effective to operate, this ought to result in savings on electricity for consumers, Tabor says.
However, he notes that the Government has not announced how these savings will be passed on to consumers through a reduction in electricity rates.
Accordingly, Tabor is speculating that the Administration intends to pocket those savings for itself and leave the people struggling with high electricity bills.
The public relations officer says that, in other Caribbean islands, even without the installation of new plants, electricity rates went down. He makes specific mention of Nevis, where that country’s administration cut the fuel variation charge by over 30 percent.
Other countries have helped their citizens to manage high electricity bills by cutting the Value Added Tax (VAT), as in Barbados. And in Dominica, the government exempted an additional 50 kilowatt hours per month in electricity, allowing thousands of households to get relief.
However, Tabor says, in Antigua and Barbuda the Browne government invested over $50 million in solar energy – free energy from the sun –and the electricity rates were never reduced.
Therefore, he is making an appeal to the Government to pass on any savings that might come through the new LNG Plant when it becomes operational next month.
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