Tarif elektrik di Semenanjung Malaysia naik sebanyak 14.89 peratus atau 4.99sen setiap kilowatt, menjadikan harga baru untuk sekilowatt 38.53sen.
Harga semasa 33.54 sen sekilowatt.
Di Sabah dan Labuan pula, kadar baru naik sebanyak 16.9 peratus atau 5 sen daripada kadar semasa 29.52 sen/kWj kepada 34.52 sen/kWj.
Kedua-dua kenaikan itu berkuatkuasa 1 Januari 2014, umum Menteri Tenaga, Teknologi Hijau dan Air Datuk Seri Maximus Ongkili (kanan) petang ini.Sebelum ini, Tenaga Nasional Bhd meminta dagangan sekuritinya di Pasaran Utama Bursa Malaysia Securities Bhd digantung mulai 2.30 petang hingga 5 petang hari ini.
Penggantungan dua jam setengah itu dilapor sementara menunggu pengumuman utama syarikat tersebut hari ini, kata gergasi utiliti itu dalam kenyataan kepada Bursa Malaysia hari ini.
Dalam sidang medianya di Parlimen hari ini, Maximus berkata, kerajaan akan terus memberi subsidi kepada pengguna domestik di Semenanjung, Sabah dan Labuan bagi penggunaan bawah 300 kWJ sebulan.
Katanya, demi melindungi kebajikan pengguna domestik, terutamannya golongan berpendapatan rendah, kerajaan memutuskan tidak menaik tarif elektrik kepada 70.67 peratus atau 4.56 juta pengguna daripada keseluruhan 6.45 juta pengguna di semenanjung.
"Kerajaan akan terus membantu dengan memberikan rebat kepada pengguna-pengguna yang bil elektriknya berjumlah RM20.00 dan ke bawah sehingga 31 Disember 2014.
"Pada keseluruhannya, ekoran daripada pelaksanaan tarif baru ini, kerajaan masih perlu menanggung jumlah subsidi melalui pelepasan hasil peroleh gas asli sebanyak RM14 bilion setahun bagi semua pengguna elektrik di Semenanjung Malaysia, yang mana RM2.4 bilion setahun adalah khusus untuk pengguna domestik di bawah 300kWj sebulan.
"Manakala bagi Sabah dan Labuan angka ini mencatat jumlah sebanyak RM570 juta setahun di mana RM155 juta setahun adalah bagi kategori pengguna yang sama," katanya.
Dengan semakan tarik elektrik di Sabah dan Labuan, Maximus berkata, kerajaan bersetuju memperuntukkan bantuan kewangan sebanyak RM1.812 bilion dalam bentuk geran.
Katanya, ia tujuan untuk pelaksanaan projek pengukuhan infrastruktur baru yang kritikal termasuk Projek Talian Penghantaran Southern Link serta projek-projek kritikal perhubungan bagi tahun 2014 hingga 2016.
"Selain daripada bantuan tersebut, kerajaan juga sebelum ini telah memperuntukkan bantuan kewangan sebanyak RM230.6 juta bagi tempoh 2013-2014 untuk pembiayaan projek-projek pengurangan SAIDI (System Averange Interruption Duration Index) di seluruh Sabah," katanya.- malaysiakini
As predicted, the government today announced a hike in the electricity tariff in Peninsular Malaysia starting next year as 15 percent, or 4.99 sen per kilowatt, bringing the new cost to 38.53sen.
Energy, Green Technology and Water Minister Maximus Ongkili (right) announced this in a press conference in Parliament today.
Previously, the tariff was 33.54 sen per kilowatt.
Meanwhile, Sabah and Labuan see an increase of 5 sen or 16.9 percent, all of which will take effect on Jan 1.
Earlier, Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) had asked for a suspension on the trading of its shares this afternoon pending the company's "material announcement" this afternoon.
With Ongkili warning last Wednesday that a 10 to 20 percent electricity tariff hike was on the cards for next year, the confirmation today comes as no surprise.
Energy, Green Technology and Water Minister Maximus Ongkili (right) announced this in a press conference in Parliament today.Previously, the tariff was 33.54 sen per kilowatt.
Meanwhile, Sabah and Labuan see an increase of 5 sen or 16.9 percent, all of which will take effect on Jan 1.
Earlier, Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) had asked for a suspension on the trading of its shares this afternoon pending the company's "material announcement" this afternoon.
With Ongkili warning last Wednesday that a 10 to 20 percent electricity tariff hike was on the cards for next year, the confirmation today comes as no surprise.
This move was anticipated after Putrajaya announced its plans to trim fuel subsidies for power producers in the first quarter of 2014.
Ministry secretary-general Datuk Loo Took Gee was quoted as saying that the reduction in fuel subsidies for the power sector was essential to stabilise the economy.
The current average tariff rate in Malaysia is 33.5 sen per kWh, which is 8.5 sen or 25.3% below the real cost, which is 42 sen per kWh.
Previously, MyPower Corporation – a special-purpose agency set up to drive reforms in the Malaysian electricity industry – was reported as saying that it had completed studies on several aspects of reform, including adjustments to tariff.
Its chief executive officer Datuk Abdul Razak Abdul Majid had said if fuel subsidies were to be gradually removed, then the indicative tariff rate would be around 42 sen per kilowatt-hour (kWh), compared with the current subsidised rate of 33.5 sen/kWh.
He said the cost of generating a unit currently is about 30.9 sen/kWh. MyPower had predicted an increase of about 8.5 sen a kilowatt, which worked out to about a 26% increase.
Ongkili had earlier attempted to justify the move by saying tariffs in Malaysia were still lower than in Thailand and the Philippines, but slightly higher than in Indonesia, which subsidises its power sector the most.
The last increase in electricity tariff was in June 2011, when the subsidised gas price was raised to RM13.70 per million metric British thermal unit (mmbtu) from RM10.70 mmbtu.
Subsidies for the power sector are estimated to be around RM8-RM12 billion per year, depending on the cost of input fuel or gas. –TMI
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