No decision adopted to raise electricity prices: Cabinet spox

CAIRO – 2 June 2024: Cabinet Spokesman Mohamed el-Homsani said no decision had so far been adopted to raise electricity prices.

Speaking to Sada El Balad satellite TV channel on Sunday evening, Homsani said Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli and the minister of electricity reviewed today the efforts afoot to improve national power grids and scale up their efficiency.

He said the ministry of electricity is clamping down on electricity theft to reduce energy loss.

Homsani also touched on the ministry's efforts to expand the use electronic energy meters to combat electricity theft, citing anti-power theft campaigns in coordination with the ministry of interior.