New reduced utility tariffs to be announced as early as this summer

New reduced utility tariffs to be announced as early as this summer

Posted on 4/24/2018, 4:34 PM AST | Updated on 4/24/2018, 4:34 PM AST

ORANJESTAD – New reduced water and electricity tariffs will be announced this summer. Aruba energy minister Evelyn Wever Croes confirmed this during the budget talks in Parliament Tuesday morning. Once the 2017 annual government financial statements are known, the finance department could calculate the new tariffs. Wever assured that it could be as soon as this summer, as the new austerity measures go into effect on juli 1st, 2018. “This way, the community gets some compensation for the austerity measures, she called ‘Crisisheffing’, or ‘crisis levy’.