Malta To Address ARMS Overcharging Bills ‘Anomaly’ In Coming Days
Malta’s government will finally be addressing a controversial anomaly that results in ARMS billing massive water and electricity bills.
Energy Minister Miriam Dalli revealed today that a revision will come into effect in the coming days.
Dalli had first pledged to enact changes last January. However, it required extensive work to address the issue.
“We have worked on this for months as there was a need for radical change in both the legal and technical aspects,” Dalli said.
This comes months after a court ruled that the way ARMS was billing certain customers was illegal.
The case began in 2017, as two Maltese citizens – Darren Cordina and Melvin Polidano – accused authorities of breaching the law because ARMS issued their bill on a pro-rata basis rather than on a yearly cumulative consumption.
This not only resulted in overcharging for energy consumption. But it was also in breach of a law that states that tariffs for residential homes should be based on cumulative consumption (Subsidiary Legislation 545.01).
Lovin Malta broke down the ways and means ARMS had found a way to charge consumers more for the electricity consumed without informing the public about the new system.
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