PSRC Head: Former ENA management`s proposal to reduce electricity  tariff was unfounded

ArmInfo. The proposal by former management of the Electric Networks of Armenia CJSC to reduce electricity tariffs was poorly substantiated and manipulative.  Mesrop Mesropyan, Chairman of the Public Services Regulatory Commission of the Republic of Armenia, told  journalists on November 22 outside the Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concert Complex.

According to him, it is about 0.02 drams, which would amount to 40  drams per month for the average Armenian family. "We can't lower  tariffs mid-year based on someone's whims. Tariffs are influenced by  many factors. We review tariffs at the end of the year, when we  understand the impact of each factor, to determine whether we can  lower the tariff and maintain it for several years, rather than  raising and lowering it every six months and putting the public in a  difficult psychological state," Mesropyan noted.

"I stand by my statement and I will not back down. It's up to Narek  Karapetyan and other former colleagues at  Electric Networks of  Armenia to respond as they see fit. The truth will eventually come to  light, revealing who is lying, who is misleading people, and who is  genuinely concerned about the state and the actual electricity  tariff. Time will reveal all," Mesropyan added.