Govt not ruling out T&TEC rate hike
Senior Reporter kay-marie.fletcher@guardian.co.tt Public Utilities Minister Barry Padarath yesterday stopped short of assuring citizens that electricity rates would not be increased to help settle the nearly $10 billion debt owed by the Trinidad and Tobago Electricity Commission (T&TEC) to the National Gas Company (NGC). Pressed by the Opposition during the Standing Finance Committee’s (SFC) examination of the Ministry of Public Utilities’ 2027 budgetary allocations, Padarath did not give a commitment that T&TEC customers would be spared further rate increases as the Government seeks to…
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