It means 200 units now cost $1 193, up from the previous $1
127.
In a statement yesterday, the Zimbabwe Electricity
Transmission and` Distribution Company said:
“It is hereby notified that the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory
Authority has, in terms of Section 53 of the Electricity Act [Chapter 13:19],
approved the following prices for the supply of electricity to customers with
effect from January1 , 2022. This is a 12,3 percent indexation formula
adjustment shortfall.”
There are five bands through which electricity is bought at
discounted tariffs.
The price for the first 50 units, or kilowatt-hours, has
risen to $2,38 from $2,25/kWh, after which the next 50 units now cost $4,77
from $4,51/kWh.
The next 100 units have moved to $8,36 from $7,89/kWh.
Further, the next two bands, which still benefit from
cross-subsidy, see the third 100 units a month cost $11,93 from $11,26/kWh, and
the fourth 100 units increasing to $13,79 from $12,94/kWh.
Everything after that will now cost $14,31 from $13,50/kWh.
The same charges apply for conventional meters, with the monthly fixed charge
now at $35,68.
Consumers can only benefit from the discounts on the first
purchase each month. A kilowatt-hour is the amount of electricity consumed by a
1000-watt appliance for one hour.
As such, a small hotplate would use around one unit for the
hour it was switched on.
A LED 7W bulb can be left on for almost 143 hours before it
has used one unit.
It therefore uses about one unit every six days if never
switched off.
The scaled tariff uses some of the money from the highest
energy users to give everyone some benefit in the lower usage bands and allow
the poor to have at least the minimum amount they need. Sunday Mail
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