Prime Minister Mark Phillips on Saturday said that there is no plan by the PPP/C government to increase the power tariff in Linden.
“Contrary to lies being peddled by Mr. Aubrey Norton, Leader of the PNC to the people of Linden. The Government of Guyana has no plans to increase the electricity rates paid by the people of Linden,” Phillips said.
Norton, while meeting with staff of the Linden Utility Services Cooperative Society Limited (LUSCL), which is responsible for power supply in the township, suggested on Saturday that plans are afoot by the government to remove the subsidy on electricity in the region.