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    PRESS RELEASE
    MEDIA CENTER in YEREVAN
    30 Saryan str.
    Tel: +37460 505 898
    +37499 755 898
    Email: [email protected]
    Web: http://www.media-center.am/


    Electricity Price Rise: Expert Overview

    On July 7, at 15Ö=8900, the Institute for War and Peace Reporting will
    hold a panel discussion on the government's decision to raise
    electricity prices from August 1 in cooperation with the Media
    Center. The discussion will take place at the IWPR office located on
    30 Saryan Str., 2-nd floor.

    Vahagn Khachatryan, economist and member of the Armenian National
    Congress, Gagik Makaryan, Chairman of the Repblican Union of Employers
    of Armenia, Ashot Yeghiazaryan, economic expert and Mane Tandilyan,
    activist of Dem.am civic initiative, will be the panelists.

    The Commission for the Regulation of Public Services (CRPS) has raised
    electricity prices by more than 10 percent, with officials saying they
    needed to close a gap of 20 billion drams to save the power network
    from bankruptcy.

    The decision will come into effect on August 1, and although the
    government claims this is a temporary arrangement, it has sparked
    public disgruntlement in Yerevan. The Commission for the Regulation of
    Public Services raised the electricity tariff by 10 percent, from 38
    drams to 42 drams. The given increase followed the gas and electricity
    tariffs increase which took place exactly a year ago.

    This discussion event is part of IWPR's Building Bridges/Building
    Capacity project, supported by the Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs
    of Norway. The event is organized in cooperation with Public
    Journalism Club's Media Center project.

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