Amid increased living costs, a parliamentary proposal to allow Egyptian citizens to pay electricity bills in installments was submitted by MP Mohamed Abdel Aziz al-Ghoul to the Prime Minister, and the Minister of Electricity and Energy. The proposal would be a kind of cooperation between the government, represented by the Ministry of Electricity and Energy, and its citizens, to preserve the right of the state to collect bills, Ghoul continued. The government applied an increase to electricity prices in July. He announced that high-voltage consuming factories will face a 41.8 percent increase in electricity prices. Last year witnessed a LE 30-billion-government subsidy for electricity while the kilowatt costed 95 cents, according to international gas prices.

Source: Egypt Independent December 03, 2018 10:18 UTC