{"id":13912,"date":"2015-02-13T14:12:47","date_gmt":"2015-02-13T06:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/?p=13912"},"modified":"2021-08-19T16:16:33","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T08:16:33","slug":"lower-electricity-bill-next-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/lower-electricity-bill-next-month","title":{"rendered":"Lower Electricity Bill Next Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/static.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/save_electricity.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13914\" src=\"https:\/\/static.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/save_electricity.jpg\" alt=\"save_electricity\" width=\"600\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/save_electricity.jpg 600w, \/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/save_electricity-300x156.jpg 300w, \/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/save_electricity-96x50.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Beginning of March 1, electricity tariff will be reduced, said Datuk Seri Dr Maximus Ongkili, the Energy, Green Technology and Water Minister.<\/p>\n<p>The new tariffs, which are valid until June 30, will allow consumers to see a reduction of between RM13.50 and RM45 on their monthly electricity bills.<\/p>\n<p>The new tariff for the peninsula will see a reduction of 2.25 sen per kWh, but would only affect those who consumed more than 300kWh a month, said Ongkili.<\/p>\n<p>The reduction was made after the government reviewed the Imbalance Cost Pass Through system, he added.<\/p>\n<p>The last power tariff review was January 14, at the following rates:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/static.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/elec-tariff-table.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13913\" src=\"https:\/\/static.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/elec-tariff-table.png\" alt=\"elec tariff table\" width=\"480\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/elec-tariff-table.png 600w, \/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/elec-tariff-table-300x134.png 300w, \/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/elec-tariff-table-111x50.png 111w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The new tariff now charges 57.10 sen per kWh for any electricity consumption that exceeded 900 kWh a month.<\/p>\n<p>This review was done after Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) was urged by Lim Guan Eng, DAP secretary-general and Khairy Jamaluddin, Umno Youth chief, respectively.<\/p>\n<p><em>[The Malaysian Insider]<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beginning of March 1, electricity tariff will be reduced, said Datuk Seri Dr Maximus Ongkili, the Energy, Green Technology and Water 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