{"id":102851,"date":"2015-03-26T15:27:40","date_gmt":"2015-03-26T15:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=102851"},"modified":"2015-03-26T15:43:53","modified_gmt":"2015-03-26T15:43:53","slug":"electricity-water-tariffs-up-by-2-6-and-1-respectively","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/03\/electricity-water-tariffs-up-by-2-6-and-1-respectively\/","title":{"rendered":"Electricity, water tariffs up by 2.6% and 1% respectively"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Public Regulatory and Utilities Commission (PURC) has increased electricity and water tariffs by 2.63 and 1.06% respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The new prices will take effect from April, 1st, 2015.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_52547\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52547\" style=\"width: 444px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/nana-yaa-gyantuah-purc-pro.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-52547\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/nana-yaa-gyantuah-purc-pro.jpg\" alt=\"Public Relations Officer for the PURC, Nana Yaa Gyantuah \" width=\"444\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/nana-yaa-gyantuah-purc-pro.jpg 444w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/nana-yaa-gyantuah-purc-pro-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-52547\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Public Relations Officer for the PURC, Nana Yaa Gyantuah<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The PURC clarified that in calculating the tariffs for the second quarter Automatic Adjustment Forumla, the Commission arrived at an actual increase of 31.73 cumulative for electricity and 21.30 for water but the Commission using the Decision Variable decided to pass on a minimal tariff increase.<\/p>\n<p>The Commission further explained that the &#8220;action has been necessitated by the current electricity situation where consumers are spending extra income on the acquisition of other alternative sources of electricity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This increase is meant to preserve the current load share situation by assisting the Elctricity Distribution Companies to maintain its network under the current circumstances to avoid an immediate collapse of the distribution network.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The PURC in March 2014<a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/03\/28\/purc-increases-utility-tariffs-defers-start-date\/#sthash.xG95Fd5k.dpbs\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong> increased tariffs for\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/a>electricity and water to 12.09 percent and 6.05 percent respectively for the second quarter of that year using the Automatic Adjustment Formula.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Factors considered in computing the Automatic Adjustment Forumla<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ghana Cedis Exchange Rate<\/p>\n<p>Inflation<\/p>\n<p>Fuel Mix<\/p>\n<p>Generation Mix(Hydro and Thermal)<\/p>\n<p>Power Purchase Cost<\/p>\n<p>Demand Forecast<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Marian Efe Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EfeAnsah\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @EfeAnsah<\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s) [0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Public Regulatory and Utilities Commission (PURC) has increased electricity and water tariffs by 2.63 and 1.06% respectively. 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