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Electricity rates to go up
Mar 30, 2010
By Tessa Wong
The new rate for the April to June quarter will increase by 23.56 cents per kWh, about 3 per cent higher than the current quarter. -- ST PHOTO: AZIZ HUSSIN
ELECTRICITY tariff for Singapore households will go up again in the coming quarter, due to the fuel oil price hike over the last three months.
The new rate for the April to June quarter will increase to 23.56 cents per kWh, about 3 per cent higher than the current quarter, said SP Services in a statement on Tuesday. This will work out to an average increase of $2.47 in the monthly electricity bill for families in four-room HDB flats.
SP Services, a member of the Singapore Power Group, said that the rise - the fourth quarterly in a row since last July - is largely due to an increase in fuel oil price over the past three months, from $99.38 to $102.95 per barrel.
Also contributing to the tariff hike is a slight increase of administration and operation fees, by 0.01cent per kWh.
SP Services reviews the electricity tariffs quarterly based on guidelines set by the Energy Market Authority (EMA), the electricity industry regulator, which has approved the latest round of tariff hike.
Mar 30, 2010
By Tessa Wong

The new rate for the April to June quarter will increase by 23.56 cents per kWh, about 3 per cent higher than the current quarter. -- ST PHOTO: AZIZ HUSSIN
ELECTRICITY tariff for Singapore households will go up again in the coming quarter, due to the fuel oil price hike over the last three months.
The new rate for the April to June quarter will increase to 23.56 cents per kWh, about 3 per cent higher than the current quarter, said SP Services in a statement on Tuesday. This will work out to an average increase of $2.47 in the monthly electricity bill for families in four-room HDB flats.
SP Services, a member of the Singapore Power Group, said that the rise - the fourth quarterly in a row since last July - is largely due to an increase in fuel oil price over the past three months, from $99.38 to $102.95 per barrel.
Also contributing to the tariff hike is a slight increase of administration and operation fees, by 0.01cent per kWh.
SP Services reviews the electricity tariffs quarterly based on guidelines set by the Energy Market Authority (EMA), the electricity industry regulator, which has approved the latest round of tariff hike.