ENERGY Minister Peter Kapala says if the 17 percent electricity tariff hike proposal is approved, the increment will be gradual and spread over a period of five years. In a final Cost of Service of Study (COSS) report dated December 21, 2021, prepared for the Energy Regulation Board (ERB) by Energy Market and Regulatory Consultants (EMRC), the company proposed a 17 percent increase in tariffs over the next five years. But in a Green Paper on the COSS released to the public for comments, government said while it agreed with the principle of migration to cost reflectivity, it did not support the study recommendation which placed a heavier tariff burden on residential customers. Government said the 17 percent adjustment in...