Barqi Tojik power holding (a national integrated power company of Tajikistan) proposes to raise electricity prices by 15 percent. If the government approves the new electricity rates, the price of one kWh of electricity for residential customers will be 19.37 dirams.
The first deputy head of the Antimonopoly Agency under the Government of Tajikistan, Nazar Odinazoda, says Barqi Tojik has proposed to raise prices for electricity and thermal power by 15 percent.
According to him, a working group has been set up to analyze the Barqi Tojik’s proposal. “An explanatory memorandum has been prepared on the basis of that analysis and submitted for consideration to the government,” Odinazoda said, noting that the final decision on that issue will be made by the government.
Tajikistan raises electricity rates practically every year. For the last time, Tajikistan raised electricity rates on October 1, 2017.
Current prices for 1 kWh of electricity are 16.85 dirams (15 percent increase) for residential customers, 40.00 dirams for industrial and non-industrial customers, and 16.85 dirams for federally funded institutions, including public utilities and sports complexes.
Electricity rates for pumping stations for mechanized irrigation and repair-and-production bases of the Agency for Land Reclamation and Irrigation under the Government of Tajikistan rose to 5.86 dirams for the period from April 1 to September 30 and to 16.85 dirams for the period from October 1 to March 31.
The price of one KWh of electricity for vertical drainage wells and land reclamation pumping stations was raised to 5.8 dirams.
Electricity rates for electric boilers, hot water supply and heating system rose to 101.54 dirams for non-federal sphere and to 30.13 dirams for federally funded institutions.
Meanwhile, prices for the Tajik Aluminum Plant (TALCO) remained unchanged – 7.20 dirams for the period from May 1 to September 30 and 11.80 dirams for the period from October 1 to April 30.
Since 2009, electricity rates for residential customers have risen 80 percent from 6 dirams in 2009 to 16.85 dirams.
