Venezuela to tax high power use

CARACAS, VENEZUELA - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he would direct his administration to assess a tax for high consumption of electricity and set subsidies for low usage.

"Those who use energy above a ceiling will have to pay a surcharge. They must pay more. Those who spend less energy, under a minimum limit, will be subsidized and will pay lower rates." El Universal quoted Chavez saying.

"There is a world energy crisis, for God's sake, we must understand it! Some people turn on their air conditioners and let them on all night. It's like wasting water day and night," he said.

Chavez said a lack of rainfall to replenish the headwaters of the Caroni River had become "a serious situation that has affected the supply of electricity."

The hydroelectric power station Guri, Venezuela, produces 70 percent of the country's electricity.

"What I mean is that we must all be concerned... everyone has to help save energy," he said.

Related News

danish wind power

Wind Denmark - Danish electricity generation sets a new green record

COPENHAGEN - Danish electricity producers set a new green record in 2019, when an average produced kilowatt-hour emitted 135 gr CO2 / kWh.

It is the lowest CO2 emission ever measured in Denmark and about one-seventh of what the electricity producers emitted in 1990.

Never has a kilowatt-hour produced emitted as little CO2 as it did in 2019. And that's according to Energinet's recently published annual Environmental Report on Danish electricity generation and cogeneration, two primary causes.

One reason is that more green power has been produced because the Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm, which can produce electricity for 425,000 households, was…

READ MORE
3-ply non medical masks

3-layer non-medical masks now recommended by Canada's top public health doctor

READ MORE

graph

Florida PSC approves Gulf Power’s purchase of renewable energy produced at municipal solid waste plant

READ MORE

winter scene in calgary

Calgary's electricity use soars in frigid February, Enmax says

READ MORE

uk-to-end-coal-power-after-142-years

UK to End Coal Power After 142 Years

READ MORE