OREANDA-NEWS  On 19 December the Lithuanian Ministry of Economy informed that on December 17 the Ministry of Economy appealed to the LEO LT, AB asking to oblige stock company’s “Lietuvos energija”, “VST” and Rytu skirstomieji tinklai to revise formerly confirmed tariffs of electricity transmission, distribution service and the tariffs of end-users prices and submit these tariffs to the National Control Commission for Prices and Energy for publishing.

In recalculation of prices for the year 2009, The Ministry of Economy for the year 2009 suggests to leave the same prices of electricity transmission and distribution as they were in the year 2008. The electricity tariffs for the end-user, according to The Ministry of Economy, must be changed by follow – the price for the end-users for distribution via medium voltage networks for the Rytu skirstomieji tinklai, AB must be about 25,8 ct/kWh, for distribution via low voltage networks (and for the household-consumers) – 32,31 ct/kWh; accordingly the distribution price for the VST, AB - 25,81 ct/kWh and 33,47 ct/kWh. According to this, the ultimate price for end-users would increase by 3 ct/kWh.