Electricity
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2 Arrested For Embezzling Kd 230,000 From The Ministry Of Electricity And Water27 November 2015An unidentified senior female employee and her male subordinate have been arrested and referred to the Public Prosecution for allegedly embezzling KD 230,000 from the Ministry of E...Electricity And Water Projects Worth Kwd368m Have Been Planned In Kuwait23 February 2016Kuwait said to spend $1.2bn on 2015-16 utility deals This amount has been allocated under the country's 2015/16 plan Of the total figure, $728.5m (KWD218m) has alrea...Raise Of Electricty Charges31 March 2016Kuwait has been buzzing with questions since the cabinet announced Monday approving a proposal to increase electricity and water fees, which would increase the cost four fold for c...New Electricity Charges By Mid 201706 April 2016The implementation of the new electricity charges will start in the middle of 2017 after approval by the Assembly, local daily Kuwait Times reported quoting MP Ahmad Lari, rapporte...Bahrain , Kuwait Sign A Deal Worth 940m Dollars To Develop Electricity Networks07 April 2016Bahrain and Kuwait have signed a deal worth $940m to develop electricity networks in the island kingdom. Finance Minister Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa signed the deal...No New Electricity Charges In Private Houses Of Citizens Before 201808 April 2016Former MP Ahmad Lari affirms that the new charges of electricity will not be applied in the private houses of Kuwaiti citizens before the year 2018. He said the Parliament’s...Kuwait Agreed To Exempt Citizens From The Proposal To Increase Electricity And Water Charges20 April 2016The parliamentary Financial and Economic Affairs Committee agreed Tuesday to exempt citizens residing in investment residential buildings from the proposal to increase electricity...Exemption From Electricity Increases Chances Of Manipulation25 April 2016Following the parliament’s decision to treat Kuwaitis living in investment buildings (apartments) equally to those living in private residence areas (houses) and exempting th...New Charges For Electricity And Water For Expats Will Take Effect From Sep 201727 April 2016The National Assembly yesterday overwhelmingly passed a law allowing the government to hike electricity and water charges for expatriates after completely excluding Kuwaiti citizen...Ministry Of Electricity And Water Allows Some Expats To Pay Dues08 May 2016Ministry of Electricity and Water has illegally excluded a number of expatriates from paying their dues of electricity and water consumption. They explained that a collection of...Countdown For New Electricity And Water Tariffs Has Begun23 May 2016The countdown to implementation of new electricity and water tariffs has begun following its publishing in the 1289 edition of Kuwait Official Gazette, whereas prices of some commo...Ministry Of Electricity And Water Plans To Install Smart Meters30 May 2016The Ministry of Electricity and Water (MEW) is currently putting the final touches on a plan to replace the old meters with smart meters, which will lead to the operation of the ce...Electricity And Water Consumption Increased08 June 2016The electricity consumption rate jumped on the first day of Ramadan to a 12,021 megawatts recorded on 12:45 pm; marking the first time it exceeds 12,000 MW this summer, Al-Rai Arab...No Hike In Water And Electricity Tariff11 June 2016Legal and economic committees in charge of studying the articles of law related to the establishment of Public Authority for Electricity and Water and the financial feasibility com...Highest Electrical Loads Recorded In Kuwait's History29 June 2016The Ministry of Electricity and Water announced on Tuesday that the electrical loads reached an unprecedented high of 12,900 megawatts. The ministry said in a statement that it'...