{"id":13042,"date":"2023-10-06T22:16:25","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T22:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=13042"},"modified":"2023-10-06T22:16:28","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T22:16:28","slug":"governments-plan-to-tax-high-energy-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/governments-plan-to-tax-high-energy-users\/","title":{"rendered":"Government&#8217;s Plan to Tax High Energy Users"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo has announced a new government policy aimed at taxing companies that consume large quantities of electricity during peak hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This decision comes in response to Guyana Power and Light Inc.&#8217;s record-high electricity generation and demand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Jagdeo highlighted that the surge in electricity consumption is partly attributed to large consumers who have transitioned from self-generation to the national grid due to government-subsidized electricity costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also acknowledged that the current high temperatures have led to an increased usage of air conditioning units and fans, further exacerbating the demand for electricity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response to these challenges, the government will invest in an additional 30 megawatts of power generation capacity, set to be operational by the end of the year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, the Wales gas-to-energy project, expected to come online next year, is anticipated to significantly enhance electricity supply and reduce costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The initiative also calls for the cooperation of customers in adopting energy-conscious practices. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Factories, manufacturers, and other large consumers are encouraged to efficiently manage their production schedules to conserve electricity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Households are advised to consolidate activities like laundry and ironing to specific days to minimize energy consumption.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo has announced a new government policy aimed at taxing companies that consume large quantities of electricity during peak hours. This decision comes in response to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13043,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13042"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13044,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13042\/revisions\/13044"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}