GRTU's EP electricity petition to be debated next week

A petition on the electricity tariffs by the Malta Chamber of Small and Medium Enterprises (GRTU) is being debated by the European Parliament next week.

The GRTU said in a statement that this was another step forward in its fight towards fair and equal payment of utility tariffs.

GRTU’s petition to the European Parliament was moved by Maltese MEP Simon Busutill at the request of GRTU director general Vincent Farrugia.

GRTU has been insisting all along that Enemalta and the Malta Resources Authority disregarded the EU Electricity Directive and continued to impose on SMEs electricity rates that discriminated against them forcing small and medium enterprises to subsidise larger companies’ consumption.

GRTU also complained that the EU Commissioner for Energy did not give sufficient consideration to its complaint thus perpetuating the cost disadvantage of Maltese SMEs.

GRTU contended that large enterprises should not be subsidised at the expense of small and medium enterprises.