By AVA TURNQUEST

Tribune Staff Reporter

aturnquest@tribunemedia.net

FRUSTRATED consumers, angered over high fuel charges set by the Bahamas Electricity Corporation, have been told by power chiefs that rising oil costs are to blame.

BEC customers have hit out at recent bill statements that indicate that fuel charges were significantly higher than energy consumption costs.

Woody Turnquest, an Exuma realtor, said: "I think it's ridiculous. How could a government corporation charge so much money on fuel? How can the government defer the cost to consumers?"

He added: "How is the average man supposed to be able to afford it? I don't consider myself poor, but I'm not a weal ...

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