New Charges for Supply of Electricity (Effective 1 February 2022)

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Draft:

Revision of previous policy?:

Effective Start Year:

2022

Scope:

National

Document Type:

Other

Economic Sector:

Power

Energy Types:

Power

Issued by:

Solomon Islands Electricity Authority (SIEA)

Source:

Solomon Islands Electricity Authority (SIEA)

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New Charges for Supply of Electricity (Effective 1 February 2022)

Overall Summary:

The New Charges for Supply of Electricity (Effective 1 February 2022) reflects electricity tariffs applied by the Solomon Islands Electricity Authority (SIEA) trading as Solomon Power with the effect from 1 February 2022.

Pricing

Energy pricing:

Please refer to the document attached for electricity tariffs.

Full Document Text

SIEA TRADING AS SOLOMON POWER

NEW CHARGES FOR SUPPLY OF ELECTRICITY EFFECTIVE 1 FEBRUARY 2022

In accordance with the Electricity Act (Cap. 128) and the Electricity (Charges for Supply) Regulations 2021, the electricity tariffs have been reviewed and new rates of charges for the supply of electricity take effect on 1st February 2022.

Charges: The rates of charges payable for the supply of electricity on and from 1st February 2022 are as follows:

Prepaid Customers
Customer Categories	Consumption Block	Non-Fuel Charge SBD/kWh	Fuel Charge SBD/kWh	Total Energy Charge SBD/kWh
Domestic	< 50 kWh	3.25	2.96	6.21
Domestic	50 - 200 kWh	3.74	2.96	6.70
Domestic	> 200 kWh	4.23	2.96	7.19
Commercial	All	3.26	2.96	6.22
Industrial	All	3.13	2.96	6.09
Postpaid Customers
Customer Categories	Consumption Block	Non-Fuel Charge SBD/kWh	Fuel Charge SBD/kWh
Domestic	< 50 kWh	3.25	2.96
Domestic	50 - 200 kWh	3.74	2.96
Domestic	> 200 kWh	4.23	2.96
Commercial	All	3.26	2.96
Industrial	All	3.13	2.96
Non - Regular Customers
Customer Categories	Consumption Block	Demand Charge SBD/kW/month	Fuel Charge SBD/kWh
Domestic	All	1,009.81	2.96
Commercial	All	1,009.81	2.96
Industrial	All	1,009.81	2.96

The tariff charges for February have decreased by an average of 2% compared to January due to decreases in Consumer Price Indexes (CPI) compared to its base month.

Solomon Islands Electricity Authority (SIEA) trading as Solomon Power