Contrary to the announced 59.2% electricity tariff increase by the Public Utilities and Regulatory Commission (PURC), consumers have been paying more for power than officially announced since January 1, 2016.<\/p>\n
This is due to a directive by the PURC to power retailers to charge some additional costs to consumers.<\/p>\n
The charges are not just up by 59.2% as announced but there is also an additional 5% increase approved by Parliament for a street light levy and another 5% increase for the national electrification charge.<\/p>\n
In addition, consumers pay a regular monthly service fee ranging from GHc6.33 to about GHc60 depending on the quantum of consumption and user classification.<\/p>\n
So assuming the power is GHc1 per unit, an increase of 59.2% \u00a0takes it to GHc1.592.<\/p>\n
5% of 1.592 = 0.0796 for street lighting.<\/p>\n
An extra 5% of 1.592 = 0.0796 for national electrification charge.<\/p>\n
The charges will sum up to 1.7512.<\/p>\n
So cumulatively, as indicated by the Trade Union Congress (TUC), the increments come up to around 75.12%.<\/p>\n
This simply means if for instance a consumer buys GHc20 worth of power, which initially could last averagely for about two weeks for a regular household, it may now take less than a week.<\/p>\n
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By citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n
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