Tajikistan’s national power holding has proposed to raise electricity rates but the government has not yet made decision on this subject.
“The issue of changing electricity rates is considered every year on the basis of proposal from Barqi Tojik (Tajikistan’s national integrated power company),” Saadi Qodirzoda, the head of the Antimonopoly Service under the Government of Tajikistan, told reporters in Dushanbe on July 27.
According to him, the intersectoral working group, comprising representatives of relevant ministries and agencies, has considered that issue this year and its members have prepared their opinion and submitted it for consideration to the government.
“The final decision is up to the government; it will decide whether to raise electricity rates or not,” the antimonopoly agency head added.
For the last time, Tajikistan raised electricity rates in February this year. Electricity rates were raised for four of eight categories of electricity consumers.
By government’s decree issued on February 24 electricity rates have been raised for federally funded institutions, including public utilities and sports complexes, electric transport, pumping stations for mechanized irrigation and repair-and-production bases of the Agency for Land Reclamation and Irrigation under the Government of Tajikistan, and vertical drainage wells and land reclamation pumping stations.
Current prices are 14.65 dirams for federally funded institutions, including public utilities and sports complexes (before that they had paid 14.20 dirams per one kWh of electricity since November 1, 2016), 14.65 dirams for electric transport (instead of 9.55 dirams paid since November 1, 2016), 5.10 dirams in April-September and 14.65 dirams in October-March for pumping stations for mechanized irrigation and repair-and-production bases of the Agency for Land Reclamation and Irrigation under the Government of Tajikistan (before that, these categories had paid for one kWh of electricity 2.20 dirams in April-September and 8.20 dirams in October-March), and 5.1 dirams for vertical drainage wells and land reclamation pumping stations (before that they had paid 2.55 dirams per one kWh of electricity).
Meanwhile, prices for residential customers, the Tajik Aluminum Plant (TALCO), electric boilers as well as electric heating and hot water equipment have remained unchanged.
Since November 1, 2016, residential customers have paid for electricity at the rate of 14.65 dirams per one kWh.
