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Lebanon's private generators owners refuse to change price
Last Updated: 2018-08-07 10:46 | Xinhua
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Owners of private generators in Lebanese southwestern city of Sidon rejected the Energy Ministry's decision to reduce their price per kilowatt from 412 Lebanese pounds (0.27 U.S. dollars) in July to 332 pounds in August, local online news Elnashra reported Monday.

"We call upon head of Sidon municipality to get in touch with the ministry and convince the officials to change the price in a bid to ensure the stability of this sector," owners of private generators were quoted as saying.

Lebanese residents usually turn to private operators during power outages, which charge higher than Karadeniz, owner of the three power barges operating in Lebanon, not to mention the state-owned electricity company.

As a result, the government decided last month to regulate the sector by installing meters to private generators to measure the exact consumption of electricity in order to determine the prices.

"We decided to regulate this sector until we are capable of securing 24 hours of electricity for Lebanese citizens," said Economy Minister Raed Khoury on Monday.

However, Khoury added that the price set by the energy ministry is negotiable.

Meanwhile, Governor of South Lebanon Mansour Daw announced Monday that owners of private generators need to accept the price set by the energy ministry.

"We will not accept any protests or power cuts to take place in a bid to pressure the ministry to change the price," he said.

He added that any objection to the new price should be made in a legal way.

"Also legal measures will be taken against those who do not commit to the price set by the ministry," he said.

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