Topic: electricity costs

A decision to remove duty on fuel to cut the cost of living has been backed by the Opposition People's Progressive Movement and energy industry experts

Leader of the Opposition Roy McTaggart has called on the government to temporarily abolish import duty tariffs on fuel and to reintroduce an electricity relief programme for residents - steps the government says it is already considering.

A new bi-partisan committee of lawmakers has been tasked with getting to root of why local fuel prices have been fluctuating the way that they have been compounding the strain on the Cayman Islands community.