New electricity tariffs incentivise industries

In a statement released by the regulator yesterday, residential houses with monthly consumption of between 0-15 kWh, the price remains Rwf89 per kWh, and those between 15-50kWh consumption, the price remains at Rwf182 per kWh.

RURA says that customers consuming more than 50kW, the price increased from Rwf189 to Rwf210.

For non-residential buildings with monthly consumption between 0-100kW, the price increased from Rwf189 to rwf204 per kWh, while customers consuming more than 100kWh per month, the price increased from Rwf199 to rwf222 per kWh.

A statement says that the price has been increased for telecom towers from Rwf126 to Rwf185 per kWh.

For water treatment plants and water pumping stations, the price remains the same at Rwf126 per kWh. For hotels, the price remains Rwf126 per kWh while health facilities will be charged a flat rate of Rwf192 per kWh. Broadcasters Will be charged a flat rate of Rwf184 per kWh.

RURA says that industrial consumers were categorized based on their level of consumption. They were categorized into small, medium and large industries.

According to RURA, normally, small industries will pay Rwf110 per kWh, medium industries will pay Rwf87 per kWh from Rwf90 and large industries will pay rwf80 from Rwf83 per kWh.

For small industries operating during peak hours will be charged rwf11,017 per kVA, rwf4,008 per kVA during shoulder period and rwf1,691 per kVA during off-peak period.

Medium industries operating during peak hours will pay rwf10,514 per kVA, rwf3,588 per kVA during shoulder period and rwf1,292 per kVA during off-peak hours.

For large industries operating during peak period, they will pay rwf7,184 per kVA, rwf2,004 per kVA during shoulder period and rwf886 per kVA during off-peak hours.

“The electricity tariffs for industry have been reduced in order to attract foreign investment and increase competitiveness of the Rwandan industrial sector. The lifeline tariff has been maintained to ensure affordability of electricity service for low income households,” a statement reads.

RURA says that the tariffs will be adjusted every quarter to cater for fluctuating costs which are beyond the control of the energy utility provider such as currency exchange rates and fuel cost among others.