In Parliament on Friday, Minister of Public Utilities Marvin Gonzales said any report of the Trinidad and Tobago Electricity Commission (T&TEC) raising their rates were untrue.
Member of Parliament for Couva South Rudranath Indarsingh asked, “Can the minister confirm information that is currently in the public domain that electricity rates should be doubled or tripled in short order?”
Gonzales responded, “It is very shameful that the member is coming here to repeat the conspiracy theories of one Senator Anil Roberts that has absolutely no foundation in truth and therefore my response to him is no.”
He also there was no truth that natural gas being purchased by T&TEC from the National Gas Company would no longer be subsidised.
And the minister added that the Regulated Industries’ Commission was is an independent organisation and when they are finished with their rate reviews, it will be submitted to him for further action.
