In Ye Township, Mon State, as of March, the electricity tariff will rise to 900 kyats per unit. Between January and February, the price was 800 kyats.
According to an official from the Ye Township Electrification Committee, because their electrical production system is reliant on gasoline, and the price of gasoline has risen to more than 2,000 kyat/per liter in the state, — electricity fees must also rise.
“We are mainly running on gasoline. At the moment, the price of petrol is over 2,000 kyat per liter, so we have increased the price per meter by 900 kyat,” he said.
Ye Township is the only region where the electrical supply system is completely privatized.
Access to electricity is a financial challenge reported a local housewife.
” At 600 units, the economy is still good, so we can still afford it. Now, in the current political situation, the farm is not doing well and the jobs are not as good as before. Now it is 900, which is difficult for us,” she said.
She added that despite a reduction in electricity consumption, they still have to pay between 10,000 to 30,000 kyat/month.
When the National League for Democracy ( NLD ) was in government, plans had been made to build a new power grid, but the project was halted due to the pandemic.
