VOL. XLV

No 24

17-June-2002

UAE

Sharjah Sets UnifiedPrice For Piped Gas

TheSharjah Electricity and Water Authority (SEWA) hasintroduced a unified price for consumers by cutting the rate for industrial andcommercial users and bringing it into line with that for domestic users Dh1.25 ($0.34)/cu ms. The new unified tariff took effect last April. Upuntil then the industrial and commercial tariff had been fixed at Dh1.75($0.48)/cu ms, and the introduction of the new rate is seen as incentive to...