As of July 1, 2017, Barqi Tojik (Tajikistan’s national integrated power company) tax debts reached 185.7 million somoni and the company now owes 732 million somoni to the OJSC Sangtudinskaya GES-1, 550.3 million somoni to the Sangtuda-2 hydroelectric power plant (HPP), 1.6 billion somoni to Orienbonk and 67.2 million somoni to coal producers, Barqi Tojik top manager Mirzo Ismoilzoda told reporters in Dushanbe on August 1, 2017.
Meanwhile, the company’s receivables now amount to more than one billion somoni. According to Ismoilzoda, residential customers’ electricity debts have already reached 786 million somoni.
Besides, agricultural enterprises now owe 122.8 million somoni to Barqi Tojik, Ismoilzoda noted.
“Over the first six months of this year, Tajikistan has exported 608.3 million kWh of electricity, which was 21.1 million kWh more than in the same period last year,” said Barqi Tojik top manager. “Over the same six-month period, Tajikistan has generated 7.736 billion kWh of electricity, which was 645.3 million kWh more than in January-June last year.”
Recall, Tajikistan’s national power holding has proposed to raise electricity rates but the government has not yet made decision on this subject.
Over the past seven years, Tajikistan has raised electricity rates five times – from 6 dirams in 2009 to the current 14.65 dirams.
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.
