The Domestic electricity tarriff policy approved by the Royal government of Bhutan establishes guidelines for a sector considered as a priority in the country for poverty reduction and sustainable development.
The policy aims at: 1) ensuring fairness to both service customers and service providers; 2) ensuring recovery of the actual cost of efficient business operation of electric utilities and enable investments in expansions; 3) providing affordable tariff to improve the quality of life of the people through targeted subsidy mechanism; 4) promoting transparency in tariff setting; 5) promoting conservation of the environment to ensure sustainability of the hydropower resource; 6) promoting sustainable economic and industrial growth.
Domestic electricity tariff policy of the Kingdom of Bhutan 2016
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Year
2016
Most recent update
01/03/2016
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Mitigation
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Economy-wide, Energy
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Renewable energy
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