The Electricity Subsidizing Amounted to 571 Million AMD in April

The amount of the electricity subsidizing, provided by the RA government and Tashir charity fund during the April of this year has totaled about 571million AMD, which is more than in the previous month by 33 million AMD.

     Over 625 thousand resident-subscribers have used from the compensation.

      The number of those consumers, who are included in this group, has increased by 54 thousand compared to the previous month.  More than 80 percent of resident-customers have used from the compensation in April. The amount of the subsidy for the population has exceeded the 547 million drams.

During the last seven months, more than 5.5 billion AMD was generally provided as a compensation, the vast majority of which the 5.3 billion AMD to the resident-subscribers.

     Recall, that by the Government decision of the October 29, 2015, the subsidy is provided for the resident-subscribers with up to the 250 kW electricity consumption monthly, and for the SMEs with up to the 500 kW electricity consumption monthly, instead of the 250 kW.

     The provision of compensation to continue until July 31, 2016.