I must confess that I did not know BOSAI was generatingelectricity. Indeed when I was at Tumatumari once and saw the electricity was free from the small hydro there (back in the 70s) I thought of that being isolated. If Linden is on the national grid, irrespective of the source (BONSAI or imported fuel) then this is moot. The BONSAI savings is global and not specific like the Tumat example. If BONSAI is like Tumat, that is, a direct supplier of electricity to Linden then invoicing cannot be handled by GPL and thus it also is moot. So what gives with BONSAI? Is it their cheapo electricity that the Government is suddenly taxing to bring it on par with electricity pricing of the rest of the nation?
There is a lot that we do not know. Chris Ram did a whole analysis in the SN. It appears that none of us subscribe to SN, but on Nuffs site there are many postings of his thoughts..
Given that every one has an axe to grind I will not automatically assume he is telling the truth. I will say that I await a response from the govt on his claims. We have yet to hear this, which causes me to think that he is telling the truth and exposing GPL for the extremely inefficient organization which we know it to be. various letter writers from Linden also provided evidence to support his claims...again they have a point of view.
If his claims are correct and BOSAI is providing cheap electricity to Linden it is then a subsidy from Linden if they are asked to pay more.
The question is are BOSAI's profitable generation of electricity due only because they produce it cheaply OR is the govt providing BOSAi with a subsidy? If it is then why are we only talking about Lindeners being subsidized when a huge Chinese company benefits.
This is what we should ask rather than accepting what the PPP is saying. We are fully aware that the PPP blames AfroGuyanese in places like Linden and Buxton, where they THINK they helped them, for their current inability to control parliament. We heard the screams about "ungrateful black people" after their loss of full majority control, and after their boasts about gaining a large black vote turned out not to be true. Did they try something, which backfired because people in Linden dont accept the abuse that many coast dwellers do?
Linden doesnt appear to be on the national grid as two Linden based companies buy their power from BOSAi for distribution. Do they provide 100% of the power? I dont know.
The question is whether there is a deliberate lie being told to ensure that people in G/twon...suffering from paying high electricity bills, then vent against Lindeners who arent.
So the discussion might well evolve into a question from Guyanese OUTSIDE of Linden about why GPL is extorting money from them to cover bills not paid by certain govt agencies and "protected" businesses, theft and leakages from the lines, and maybe corruption.