Electricity Bill: 150 Units Will Be Exempted From Domestic Consumption

A total of 150 units from domestic consumption between the dates of 1st to 30th June for residential houses, religious buildings and  domestic civil society organizations (excluding embassies, UN agencies and international organizations) will be deducted from  the electricity bill up to 30th June.

The Ministry of Electricity and Energy issued a Public Notification on 2nd July. The  National-Level Central Committee on Prevention, Control and  Treatment of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) deems it necessary to continue implementing preventive measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 and made an announcement on 12th June that all directives, notifications, requests to the public, and orders issued by Union-level institutions and ministries regarding the prevention, control and treatment of COVID-19 until 15th June (excluding those that have  been ordered to be eased) will be extended to 30th June.

An announcement was made on 9th June for the  exemption of 75 units from the electricity bills of consumption between 1st to 15th June when  COVID-19 preventive measures were increased.

An additional exemption of 75 units will be deducted from the electricity bill from 16th to 30th June as COVID-19 preventive measures were also extended.

All relevant households that have consumed from 1 to 150 units of electricity will have  their meter bill and  service fees exempted while consumption of 151 units and above will have  K11,550 for 150 units deducted from  the  total meter bill.

Domestic consumption of 151 units and  above  will have to make payments according the different levels  of consumption rate. Local  civil society organizations in the NGO category are the only type of non-domestic consumer that will have  the exemption applied to them. The other non-domestic types will have  to continue payments in regular rates.