KEGOC (Kazakhstan) increases power tariffs from July 1

/IRBIS, June 20, 01/ - REUTERS informs, with the reference to the KEGOC power company's PR department, that the company announced a raise in its tariffs to KZT0.518 per kWh from KZT0.419 kWh, effective from July 1, 2001. It is said that now tariffs include the expenses for technical losses in power transmission over interregional levels, while previously the losses were covered by the consumers and paid to the power sources. The introduction of new tariffs is said to cut the company's expenses on buying the electricity by acquiring it on a wholesale market at minimal prices, is said. KEGOC has a control over the power lines extending to 23.5 th. km, and its network includes 73 substations.