The Nationalist Party has requested the intervention of consumer institutions to defend customers from exceedingly high energy bills.
The Malta Independent has been for the past months reporting that consumers are paying more than they should for their electricity, with the government promising action which has so far not taken place.
The PN has asked the Malta Authority for Competition and Consumer Affairs, the Competitions Officer and the Consumers' Office to investigate claims that people are paying higher energy bills than they should.
In a press conference, deputy leader David Agius said the system in place for the issuing of bills was leading to discrepancies in the annual allocation of free electricity and water units, with the result that consumers are paying more.
This is being done at the expense of the law, which lays down that while pro-rata bills may be sent, tariffs should be applied on a yearly basis, Agius said.
From investigations carried out by the PN on 100 sample bills, it resulted that 80 per cent of consumers were paying between €6 and €600 a year. This was also confirmed by Eurostat statistics that established that bills in Malta had increased by 7.1% between 2016 and 2017.
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