CLP Power bills to rise by 2.6pc
SCMP
Cheung Chi-fai
Two million consumers to pay more, but Hongkong Electric tariff frozen
CLP Power was yesterday given government approval to raise its tariff by 2.6 per cent next year, including the basic tariff, which was adjusted for the first time in 10 years.
But Hongkong Electric’s charges for next year will be frozen.
The approved increase for more than two million power users in Kowloon and the New Territories triggered fears that it would push up inflation, and raise more questions on the future cost of clean energy…
