The President of the Municipality of Pljevlja, Dario Vraneš, sent a request to the management of the Electric Power Company of Montenegro (EPCG) to grant subsidies on electricity bills to the citizens of Pljevlja, as was done in the previous three years.
Vraneš said that he asked for a reduction of the electricity bill by 40 percent on the total bill, and not only on active energy.
"I think it is unnecessary to explain why it is necessary for the people of Pljevlja to approve subsidies. If Thermal Power Plant Pljevlja supplies the state with several hundred million euros of electricity per year, this subsidy is something that is minimal for the state to invest in Pljevlja," said Vraneš.
He said that he will seek subsidies until the city's heating project is fully implemented.
The first man of the city says that there is a lot of pollution in Pljevlja and that this is the right way to reduce it.
Recently, the Municipal Committee of the Europe Now Pljevlja Movement asked the Government to grant a 40 percent discount to the citizens of Pljevlja on the total electricity bill during the heating season, which they believe would further reduce pollution in the city.
"Municipal committee of the Movement Europe, now taking care of environmental protection, reduction of pollution and improvement of living standards of the citizens of Pljevlja, submitted a request for electricity subsidy this year. Bearing in mind the fact that the citizens of Pljevlja, which is the center of the country's energy-mining system, are the most exposed pollution, we propose to grant a 40 percent discount on the total electricity bill in the period from November 1, 2024 to April 15, 2025. We believe that this measure represents an additional incentive to reduce pollution and switch to energy-efficient heating systems. With this discount, they would improve the living standards of citizens and additionally contribute to the successful implementation of the Energy Efficiency Program implemented by the Eco Fund," said the party.
PES also suggests that, in accordance with the possibilities and depending on the capacity of the electricity distribution network, an additional subsidy for the consumption of a lower (night) tariff should be considered. This short-term measure would last until the completion of the heating project in Pljevlja.
"We hope that the request for subsidies, which is primarily based on the general interest of all citizens of Pljevlja, will receive a positive response from the Government of Montenegro and the competent ministry, considering the fact that the Pljevlja Coal Mine and Thermal Power Plant system produces 40 percent of electricity in Montenegro", they state from OO PES.
For the first time, a subsidy on active electricity was introduced from January 1 to the end of March 2022 in order to reduce air pollution.
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