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Electricity Price Rise: Expert Overview
On July 7, at 15Ö=8900, the Institute for War and Peace Reporting will
hold a panel discussion on the government’s decision to raise
electricity prices from August 1 in cooperation with the Media
Center. The discussion will take place at the IWPR office located on
30 Saryan Str., 2-nd floor.
Vahagn Khachatryan, economist and member of the Armenian National
Congress, Gagik Makaryan, Chairman of the Repblican Union of Employers
of Armenia, Ashot Yeghiazaryan, economic expert and Mane Tandilyan,
activist of Dem.am civic initiative, will be the panelists.
The Commission for the Regulation of Public Services (CRPS) has raised
electricity prices by more than 10 percent, with officials saying they
needed to close a gap of 20 billion drams to save the power network
from bankruptcy.
The decision will come into effect on August 1, and although the
government claims this is a temporary arrangement, it has sparked
public disgruntlement in Yerevan. The Commission for the Regulation of
Public Services raised the electricity tariff by 10 percent, from 38
drams to 42 drams. The given increase followed the gas and electricity
tariffs increase which took place exactly a year ago.
This discussion event is part of IWPR’s Building Bridges/Building
Capacity project, supported by the Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs
of Norway. The event is organized in cooperation with Public
Journalism Club’s Media Center project.