GTT landline rate increase hearing adjourned to January 16

The hearing before the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) over the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company’s (GTT) landline rate increase proposal was adjourned until next year after the commission requested additional documents yesterday.

After over an hour of arguments from both sides and the Guyana Consumers Association (GCA) at the PUC Conference Room, a decision was made for GTT to provide a summary of the updated cost model and a response to a letter from the GCA. CEO of GTT Justin Nedd explained that the additional documents will be provided by December 21. The date of the next hearing was then set for January 16.

During the deliberation, Nedd had stated that regardless of what his company submitted it would never be enough for the PUC. Expounding after the meeting he said, “…Because we’ve been submitting over the years, so I just want to know what their end point is because that can help us in providing the right answers to