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LV Dissatisfaction is growing among farmers with the state's hesitation in solving the electricity problem
Almost two months have passed since farmers received inadequately high electricity bills. During this time, countless meetings and discussions have taken place, but a decision on a solution to the problem has still not been made. Farmers are puzzled by the indecisiveness of decision-makers on such an important issue for the national economy.
Over the course of almost two months, we have had several discussions with representatives of the Ministry of Economics and met with industry specialists to jointly search for the most appropriate solutions. We have also sent letters with proposals that would be optimal and acceptable to electricity consumers with pronounced seasonality. Unfortunately, no acceptable solution has been found and the proposal developed by the Ministry of Economics and the Public Utilities Commission is formal and will not solve the problem.
Juris Lazdins, Chairman of the Association “Farmers’ Council”: "The problem of electricity capacity must be solved at its core, not through “cosmetic repairs”. Currently, the offer of the Public Utilities Commission and the Ministry of Economics would solve the problem only for a small part of farmers, which is definitely unacceptable to us. In about two weeks, farmers will receive their third disproportionately large bill for electricity and will continue to pay for the poor quality work done by civil servants.”
Farmers have also not received a clear answer as to whether the promised additional profit of the Latvenergo Group in the amount of 78.9 million euros will be directed to covering the costs of the mandatory electricity procurement component (MEC), specifically - to reducing the MEC fixed fee for consumers.
PRes_Farmers are growing dissatisfied with the state's hesitation in solving the electricity problem
