Power tariffs to nearly double by 2018

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The price of electricity is expected to rise by at least 87 percent by 2018/19, should government adhere to the Botswana Power Corporation’s blueprint for cost-reflective tariffs, BusinessWeek has established.

 

The Corporation’s CEO, Jacob Raleru told BusinessWeek recently that a blueprint was in place for the BPC to move to cost-reflective tariffs.

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