It is very disturbing to hear Wenreco that has been supplying air applying for
tariff increase. My take is that various groups here (West Nile) and outside
should work together and send many objections as individual power consumers and
as group such and West Nile Foundation.
Here i have heard that West Chamber of Commerce has send in theirs, and other
various business entinties are preparing to do so.
As a person i have send mine, but this does not stop me from belonging to any
group that is agitating for the same.
Thanks
Ronald Batre
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From: aggrey adrale <[email protected]>
To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 3:58 PM
Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Application by WENRECO to increase Tarrifs
Dear Caleb,
I have just perused the WENRECo application for tariff revision (increase).
In a nut shell, I can only say that the company wants to hold consumers
responsible for its technical failures and maladministration, not withstanding
the government's own failures.
The biggest question I am tempted to ask is, who will compensate the consumers
for the losses of business they incurred during the time of the rampant power
failures, which inevitably were beyond their control, yet WENRECo who was in
control but failed is indirectly (I think even directly) crying over milk it
spilled together with the government and wants to be compensated?
My take is simple, from the language of application the consumers ceased to be
stakeholders in the WENRECo power concession.
Reading in between the lines, WENRECo:
1. Is technically looking for ways so that the government or its agents, with
whom it may be in cohorts, extends its power generation, transmission and
distribution concessions to beyond the current 20 years.
2. In the event the current 20 years concession expires, WENRECo would have
thoroughly satisfied its appetite for money and wouldn't regret packing its
bags assuming the tariff increase is granted by our usually uncaring government.
3. With this trend of events would even demand compensation from consumers, is
the latter in future decided to protest high tariffs by agreeing to not consume
WENRECo power for some days.
Otherwise some of the citations to justify the increment seem to rub us on the
wrong side, particularly the case of distribution poles, where every Arua,
Nebbi and Zombo consumer knows how much they had to cough in order to get
connected.
Lastly for now, I believe WENRECo must have and still benefits from the Ugandan
tax payers' money. I would suggest WNF demands some action from our
parliamentarians, if they are with and for us in that house. The
parliamentarians may need to draft a motion for debate in parliament to:
1. Restrain ERA from taking this decision in the time frame provided by law,
since ERA may not have the capacity and interest to query claims of the
applicant.
2. Take this matter; and through instruments of government demand a forensic
report by the Office of the Auditor General on WENRECo operations in order to
have the public input to query their claims and lay the facts bare for our
consumption before ERA rushes to grant tariff increase.
Some consumer action may need to be seriously considered and coordinated.
Aggrey Adrale
--- On Mon, 11/3/13, Caleb Alaka <[email protected]> wrote:
>From: Caleb Alaka <[email protected]>
>Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Application by WENRECO to
increase Tarrifs
>To: "A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile" <[email protected]>
>Date: Monday, 11 March, 2013, 8:43
>
>
>Can our technical persons like Eng. George Afi, e.t.c react so that we submit
>our objections as the Foundation
>
>Sent from my iPhone
>
>On Mar 9, 2013, at 9:35 PM, Wanni Norman <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>Please find a copy of the application letter by WENRECO requesting to increase
>Electricity tariff to 600+ per unit. see application request on era website
>www.era.or.ug
>>
>>We have been informed of a project to
connect additional users supported 70% by Rural Electrification Project 30% by
the community. Not sure of what WENRECOs contribution to this proposed is
project. The project will connect something of over 1000 newlines . Should
they really increase tariffs ? Any technical guys out there who can challenge
WENRECO with facts?
>>
>>
>>APPLICATION FOR INCREASE IN ELECTRICITY END USER TARIFF BY WEST NILE RURAL
>>ELECTRIFICATION COMPANY LIMITED
WENRECO has applied for an increase in the electricity end-user tariff See
Application The application can also be viewed at the LC V chairpersons’
offices of Arua, Nebbi and Zombo between 8:30am and 4:30pm during working
days.Written comments and objections on the application should be
submitted within fifteen (15) days after date of publication to the
following address P.O. Box 10332 Kampala-Uganda or Email; [email protected]
>>
>>Daet of publication was 4th March 2013
>>
>>Wanni Norman
><WENRECO-TARIFF-APPLICATION-2013-2.pdf>
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