Guyana Water Inc. (GWI) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Shaik Baksh yesterday said freely reconnecting its service to disconnected customers will plunge the utility company further into debt.
Baksh made the comment yesterday morning during a hearing before the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) where it was challenged by the Guyana Consumers Association (GCA) to justify and reduce the fee.
During the virtual hearing yesterday morning, Baksh stressed that the reconnection fee is far below what the company is paying contractors for disconnecting delinquent customers. “We cannot disconnect and reconnect freely without a charge. This will have an impact on GWI’s debts and our debts [are] going up every day. We have a concern about that… We must impose a reconnection charge…,” Baksh said.
