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Lukashenko: There will be no sudden electricity price spikes in Belarus

MINSK, 18 December (BelTA) – The reliability of energy facilities the most urgent issue, and the ongoing modernization will strictly adhere to the established procedure for tariff increases for the population and businesses, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said in his Address to the Belarusian people and the Parliament on 18 December, BelTA has learned.

“The Energy Ministry should immediately start building power lines of all classes, as well as substations with a reasonable reserve capacity. That is, the nuclear power plant will be generating energy, but we won’t be able to deliver this product to the population. To put it plainly, the wires are old, and the substations are bad: they simply can’t cope with the electricity demand of some district or village,” the head of state said.

At the same time, he stated that the ongoing modernization will strictly adhere to the established procedure for tariff increases for the population and businesses. “People are used to it. It used to be $5 per year, now it’s half the base value, Br21. There will be no spikes here. And I want to warn the government. Don’t even open the door to those energy specialists who come to you and say: ‘We can’t make ends meet, the cost is higher than the price.’ Well, then work to make the cost lower,” he assured.

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