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Director General of Electric Networks of Armenia (ENA) Company Yevgeny Bibin went on a business trip to Moscow as protests against a hike in power prices are underway in Yerevan. Bibin will attend a meeting of the Board of Directors in Moscow, a spokeswoman for ENA, Natalia Sarjanyan, told the correspondent of Panorama.am.

When asked if the rise in electricity tariffs in Armenia will be discussed at the meeting, N. Sarjanyan replied: ‘No. Current issues will be considered. I can’t say what exactly will be discussed, but those issues are not related to tariffs”.

The spokeswoman said Y. Bibin left for Moscow yesterday, on June 23. “He is scheduled to have a number of meetings there. I don’t know when he will return,” she added.

ENA representative did not indicate the cost of Y. Bibin’s business trip. “I don’t know whether such information is to be made public,” N. Sarjanyan noted.

As was reported, Electric Networks of Armenia (ENA) Company earlier submitted a bid to the Public Services Regulatory Commission about a rise in electricity tariffs. The parliamentary opposition considers it unfounded and serving the interests of that company. The current night-time tariff for the population is 31.85 drams per one KWh, the daytime tariff is 41.85 drams. The bid of ENA proposed raising the tariffs to 48 and 58 drams respectively. Yet the Commission satisfied the bid of ENA only partially on June 17. The tariffs in Armenia will increase by 6.93 drams, and not by 17 drams. The Commission’s decision will take force on August 1, 2015. Protests against the power tariff raise have been staged in Yerevan since June 19.