Next Peninsular Malaysia Electricity Tariff Revision In January 2018

Next Peninsular Malaysia Electricity Tariff Revision In January 2018

The next electricity tariff revision for Peninsular Malaysia will be in
January 2018 after the government agreed to maintain the power tariff rebate
of 1.52 sen/kWh from July 1 to Dec 30 this year.

Energy, Green Technology and Water Ministry Secretary General Datuk Seri Ir
Dr Zaini Ujang said the revision pertaining to the electricity supply
revision is undertaken by the Energy Commission under the Imbalance Cost
Pass-Through (ICPT) policy every six months.

"The latest was for January to June 2017.

"But on June 30, the government agreed to spend RM1.303 billion to cover the
rising cost of fuel and electricity supply generation in the peninsular from
July to December this year," he said in an interview on Bernama News
Channel's "Ruang Bicara" programme on Wednesday.

Also present was Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) Vice President (Regulatory
Economics and Planning) Datuk Roslina Zainal.

Zaini said the expenditure of RM1.303 billion translates to a rate of 2.54
sen/kWh, where 1.52 sen/kWh is used to maintain the power tariff rebate and
1.02 sen/kWh to cover the surcharge for the rising cost of fuel and paid
directly to TNB and independent power producers such as Malakoff Corporation
Bhd and YTL Power Generation Sdn Bhd.

"This means the government did away with the charge that was supposed to
have been imposed on consumers and took the decision to maintain the ICPT
rebate rate of 1.52 sen/kWh to ensure electricity supply at the same tariff
rate,' he added.

Zaini also said the future base tariff will also be decided in January 2018.

"At present, the base tariff to be revised every three years is at a fixed
38.53 sen/kWh," he added.

The base tariff also takes into account the base price for key fuel such as
piped gas, coal and liquefied natural gas.

It also takes into consideration operational maintenance costs and
development for the utility companies, including the "Return on Regulated
Asset Base" (RORB), and decided by the government for four years from Jan 1,
2014 to Dec 31, 2017.

Determining the electricity tariff for the peninsular is according to the
Incentive Based Regulations (IBR) framework comprising two important
components, namely the ICPT and base tariff.

The base tariff is to cover all costs related to the supply of electricity
to consumers.

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John Diecker
APT Consulting Group Co., Ltd.

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