Egypt installs prepaid electric meters for mosques
Houses of worship in Egypt will need to be more watchful about their electricity consumption as the Egyptian Ministry of Electricity installs prepaid meters to ensure that the bills gets paid.
Mosques and churches in Egypt are going to have to start paying for their electricity in advance.
Gradual lifting of the electricity subsidies began two years ago, and by 2019 subsidies will be fully removed, meaning citizens will pay for electricity what it costs the state to produce it.
Egypt’s Ministry of Endowments administers many of Egypt’s mosques. On Aug. 24, the ministry said it will recharge all prepaid electricity meters for a full fiscal year for all mosques, as part of its role in serving the houses of worship. The ministry typically covers renovations, maintenance, furniture and lighting in mosques, in addition to other services.
The ministry said the work would take about two weeks at most in all of the endowments’ directorates, as the Ministry of Electricity will only be installing prepaid meters.
