Expats in Dubai to benefit from cheaper electricity billing system?

Published: 05 August 2010

Expats and other residents in Dubai could benefit from specialist calls for cheaper pay-as-you go electricity billing

More experts have highlighted how the cost of electricity has spun out control with flat fees charged regardless of actual use, the National has reported

Speaking to the newspaper, Dr Abdalla al Amiri said that commercial and residential tenants should be metered instead

This could be more convenient and cheaper for expats, as well as more environmentally friendly

Another lighting specialist told the site that charging a flat fee has meant that consumers and tenants are less incentivised to reduce their energy usage

Chief executive of ETAP Dubai Michael Nuyttens said switching to a metered system would make people more aware of how much they waste

However, individuals in the supply industries believe that the problem could be difficult to resolve as the authority sets the prices for energy, as well as producing it