An Analysis of Consumer Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Electricity and Heating Tariffs

The energy sector serves as the fundamental pillar of national development. It is difficult to envision a country’s progress without a robust energy sector, as economic growth is heavily dependent on well-developed infrastructure—particularly the energy supply. Public services such as the production, transmission, and distribution of electricity and thermal energy constitute a major part of the infrastructure and are considered a strategically significant sector due to their pivotal role in the national economy. In Mongolia, energy policies and the methodologies for setting electricity and heat tariffs are established by high-level state administrative authorities in accordance with the Law on Energy.

Energy, price tariffs, consumer, energy sector.

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