The cost of electricity and issues of electricity pricing remains the largest single overhead cost of private businesses in Honiara.
The Chairman of the 2014 Trade Expo Committee, Redley Raramo said businesses say doing business in Honiara is troublesome because of the costs and unreliability of electricity.
In a statement from the Forum Solomon Islands International, Mr Raramo said one CEO told him according to a recently published electricity tariff – tariffs varies widely from country to country, and may vary significantly from locality to locality within a particularly country.
