Letters | Sunday, 15 November 2009

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Who will be taken to account on energy bills?

Having heard all this talk about the increase in energy bills, I demand an explanation for a few things. Are the tariffs going to be increased because of the oil prices, or because of Enemalta’s inefficiency? There seems to be a see-saw relationship between these two reasons, depending on convenience of outlook.
Energy-saving bulbs have been distributed. And we have a policy of changing clock-times in March and October, all this to save energy and money. But then again, I have seen street lights on during the summer, even at noon! There were sections in Qala where almost every day, at the peak of summer, the lights would go off at 7:30-7:45am and would come on again at 6pm! So we save one hour of energy and waste three hours or more – it doesn’t make sense! And the taxpayer has to pay for this.
Then again, when the blackout caused financial damage, Enemalta claimed it would not compensate. What a world we live in, when the victim is expected to suffer for the mistakes of the victimiser. It reminds me of the banks in America and England who were blamed for the recession because of their mismanagement of loans – and who suffered? The taxpayer, who had to pay increased taxes to bail the banks out of the mess they created!
So why talk of accountability if the culprit is not the one to suffer for his mistakes but his victims?

Joe Falzon
Qala

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