Electricity tariffs to increase for third quarter
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MY PAPER THURSDAY JUNE 26, 2008
ELECTRICITY bills look set to increase again for the
From July to September, households will pay a record-high 25.07 cents per kilowatt hour (kwh) – a rise of 4.98 per cent from 23.88 cents per kwh in the second quarter.
This latest increase means that families staying in one- to five-room HDB flats will pay $1.24 to $5.03 more a month in electricity bills.
Some Singaporeans my paper spoke said that they are biting the electricity bullet.
Said research analyst intern Ms Carol Koh, 22: “We try to cut costs by not using air-conditioning.”
Ms Koh stays in a five-room HDB with her parents and they keep their electricity bills to as low as $120 a month.
Domestic or low tension electricity tariffs are reviewed quarterly by SP services, a subsidiary of Singapore Power.
DAWN
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