{"id":22364,"date":"2024-09-04T22:36:05","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T22:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=22364"},"modified":"2024-09-04T22:36:06","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T22:36:06","slug":"electricity-subsidy-for-pensioners-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/electricity-subsidy-for-pensioners-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"Electricity Subsidy for Pensioners Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Fabiana McKlmon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Starting this month, pensioners across Guyana will benefit from an electricity subsidy applied directly to their GPL accounts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deputy Director of Social Services, Hamwanttie Bisesar, explained on NCN\u2019s <em>Guyana Today<\/em> how the initiative is structured to assist senior citizens in managing their electricity bills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bisesar shared that an annual credit of $30,000 will be applied to pensioners&#8217; electricity accounts, which breaks down to $2,500 per month. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This subsidy is not designed to cover the entire bill but to offset a portion of the pensioners&#8217; monthly GPL costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For pensioners using prepaid electricity systems, Bisesar noted that the subsidy will be placed into the pensioner\u2019s GPL account&#8217;s virtual wallet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pensioners can withdraw specific amounts from their $30,000 credit at any time, allowing them to manage their electricity usage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those whose accounts do not reflect the subsidy are encouraged to visit the nearest GPL office with valid identification and account information. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For further assistance, pensioners can contact GPL\u2019s Call Centre at 226-2600 or toll-free at 0475.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fabiana McKlmon Starting this month, pensioners across Guyana will benefit from an electricity subsidy applied directly to their GPL accounts. Deputy Director of Social Services, Hamwanttie Bisesar, explained on NCN\u2019s&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22350,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22364","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=22364"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22365,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22364\/revisions\/22365"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}