The Electricity Regulatory Authority of Uganda (ERA) has approved new electricity end user tariffs to be charged by UMEME limited for the supply of electrical every in billing period from July to September 2021.
According to the media release by the corporate and consumer affairs manager Mr. Julius Wandera, end user tariffs have been reduced with exception of street lights. According to the new tariff reduction statement, Domestic consumers will pay UGX 250 for the first 15 units under the life line tariffs and thereafter pay UGX 747.5 for the next units purchased a reduction from UGX 750.9 in the previous quarter.
Commercial consumers will pay Ugx 616.6 from ugx 639.8, Medium industrial consumers will pay Ugx 526.9 from Ugx 556.0 while large industrial consumers will pay 355.0 from 361.0 and extra large consumers will pay Ugx 300.2 from 301.7 while tariffs for street lighting will be maintained at Ugx 370.0.
The above tariffs represent a 2% reduction relative to the second quarter tariffs of 2021.
According to the CEO, ERA, Engineer Ziria Tibalwa Waako, commercial and medium industrial consumers are the biggest beneficiaries for the July to September 2021 period with a reduction of up to Ugx 23.2 per unit and Ugx 29.1per unit of electricity consumed for the two consumer categories respectively.
The change of tariffs are attributed to a number of factors such as the appreciation of the uganda shilling against the United States Dollar, increment in international fuel prices, total quarterly energy expected to be purchased by UETCL and water release at Nalubaale-Kiira generation complex.
The reduction in tariffs is expected to support small and medium sized businesses to recover from the adverse effects of covid19 pandemic thereby contributing to the recovery of the economy.
