Pursat City Residents Threaten To Protest Electricity Prices
More than 500 residents of Pursat City have signed a letter addressed to Minister of Industry, Mines and Energy Suy Sem threatening to take to the streets in protest if the town’s privately owned electricity distributor does not reduce prices. Rong Chhun, president of the Cambodian Independent Teachers’ Association, wrote yesterday to the minister asking that he intervene on behalf of the residents and have the private power supplier, Nareth Electricity Development Co, drop the price of power by more than half, from current rates of 1,750 riel per kilowatt hour to 800 riel, or about $0.45 per kilowatt hour to $0.20. …
