Re: The cost of electricity in the world

I read somewhere that electricity in turkmenistan is free. Does anybody know if this is true?

In Turkmenistan ? I've find these articles :

- http://www.rferl.org/content/turkmenistan-free-gas-ends/25234662.html

- http://wtffunfact.com/post/65303536227/water-and-electricity-and-gas-are-free-in-turkmenistan

That´s hard to believe, but last 20 years (from 1993) electricity, gas, water, salt and gasoline were free in Turkmenistan. I heard last year their governement decided to limitate free consuming.

Is there any reason why they offering free ?
Is the resource still unlimited because nobody can utilize it ?