Items related to energy subsidies

A banner reads "Empty Tank" as tens of cars queue at petrol station, Cairo, January 16,2012 amid fears of an oil shortage.
Govt investigating how to continue funding energy subsidies
Al-Masry Al-Youm 15 Mar 2013
Finance Ministry officials and representatives from the General Petroleum Corporation are currently discussing the...
A file photo of electricity pylons.
Energy subsidies will disappear by 2016, says minister
Al-Masry Al-Youm 26 Feb 2013
Minister of Industry and Foreign Trade Hatem Saleh said Tuesday that energy subsidies for industrial firms would...
Finance minister: economic reform provides state budget with LE31.2 billion
Al-Masry Al-Youm
Reuters
20 Jan 2013
Finance Minister Morsy Hegazy said that with the government’s economic reform program the Egyptian economy will...
Crisis of gasoline in Luxor, April 5,2012.
Lifting subsidies, without impoverishing the people
Maggie Hyde 03 Jan 2013
As the Egyptian government comes to terms with its dwindling funds and struggles to navigate a worsening financial...
Turning to gas imports will weigh on Egypt’s budget
Sherif Zaazaa 27 Dec 2012
Egypt will start importing natural gas for the first time due to rising local demand that is now outstripping supply,...
Women line up to replace their empty butane cylinders with full one, Mansour, Dakahliya, February 20,2012.
Investor: Butane cylinders to be distributed by coupons next month
Egypt Independent 18 Nov 2012
The Egyptian government has said it will start applying a coupon system for the distribution of butane gas cylinders...
A file photo of electricity pylons.
Electricity prices haven't changed since 2008, minister says
Egypt Independent 18 Nov 2012
Electricity prices have not changed since 2008, the electricity and energy minister said Sunday. Electricity and Energy...
Dozens of vehicles lining up to fill up tanks at a petrol station, Cairo, March 23, 2012. A fuel shortage in the country, that has hit the Egyptian capital the hardest, is leading to traffic congestion at petrol stations as motorists queue up to put fuel in their vehicles.
In lifting 95-octane subsidy, government takes small bite out of deficit
Alexandre Goudineau 14 Nov 2012
The Egyptian government has announced that it will lift the subsidy on 95-octane gasoline in the coming week, taking...
Cars lining up at petrol station for filling up tanks, Giza, May 10,2012.
Government moves to rein in energy subsidy bill
Reuters 02 Nov 2012
The government has taken a first step to getting expensive energy subsidies under control, a key component of an...
A banner reads "Empty Tank" as tens of cars queue at petrol station, Cairo, January 16,2012 amid fears of an oil shortage.
State losing billions on energy subsidies, says minister
Al-Masry Al-Youm 29 Oct 2012
The delay in implementing energy subsidy cuts is costing the state LE10 billion every three months, claimed Petroleum...