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Additional charge for street lighting burden Lamine residents

HURFOM: Privately owned companies that distribute and sell electricity in Ye Township, Mon State have been steadily increasing electricity fees month after month,  citing the rise in gasoline as the reason for the price hikes to consumers.

Bedok Construction & Engineering Co. Ltd, who distribute electricity in Lamine Sub-township and the nearby Kawdut village,  is also collecting an “extra fee” for street lights.   Local villages  see this as  unfair.

Every household who uses electricity provided by the Bedok Company must pay the fee for street lights and each household must pay an extra five kWh for street lights.

“We’ve been having a problem with street light issues for a long time. When the electricity bill was not too much, paying for street lights was acceptable. But now the electricity bill has increased a great deal and the company still collects the street light fee– this isn’t okay for us,” said a Lamine resident.

The street light fee means that each household must pay an additional 4,000 Kyat every month. It does not matter if a street light is in front of a home or not -all homes are charged for the lighting.

“When we had to pay 300 or 400 Kyat per kWh, it’s okay (even though that was expensive) to pay for the street light. Now with an overall rate hike to 900 Kyat plus the extra charge for street lighting, means we pay 4,000 or 5,000 solely for the street light. It’s a burden to us,” said a local resident.

Beedok indicated that higher prices will remain in effect for a few months.

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