By Melanie Chia
Electricity supplies is a utility, which in most countries, is the responsibility of the government. It is a necessity in this modern day society. The government of the day therefore cannot devolve itself of this responsibility, be it to ensure adequate and consistent supply or to ensure the affordability of this utility.
The just revised electrify tariff by Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) starting on 1 June is only the beginning to further burden of rising costs to the people in the country. This would be so despite warning by the government authorities to the business communities that prices cannot be increased indiscriminately.
It is understood that where electricity is a component to the production costs, the rising of the electricity tariff inevitably increased the cost of production and therefore the costs of goods. It has also been reported that even hawkers in West Malaysia may consider price increase because of the increased burden of the utility to their income!
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