Surcharge rise: no drop in demand

The sharp increase in the power surcharge has not had any affect on demand for electricity, so far.

A spokesman for Enemalta said a comparison of the hourly loads during the week before the surcharge revision was announced with the week after showed no reduction in consumption.

“In fact weekday loads have increased whilst the weekend loads remained quite stable,” the spokesman said.

He added, however, that this short period of time was hardly indicative of trends and one should analyse a longer period of time before drawing definitive conclusions about consumer behaviour.