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 ?
Turkmenistan is closed and happy country
It has enough resource to distribute them for free (but not unlimited! there are some limits for every citizen).
So, from 1993 and until May 2014 every car owner could use 120 liters of free gazoline every month. It's not a big problem, the price for 1 liter now is $0.16, before 2008 it was $0.02.
Consuming of electricity is also limited by 35 kw per family member in month. If you need more, you'll pay $3,23 for 1000 kwh. So, the average family of 5 members in Turkmenistan pays for electricity about $12-14... in year