AMMAN — The
government announced the new electricity tariffs
that will be applied in the first trimester of 2022 and that will be calculated
for three categories as follow: from 1 to 300 kilowatts per hour (kWh) 50 fils
per kWh, from 301to 600 kWh 100 fils per kWh, and for more than 600 kWh, 200
fils per kWh.
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The current
tariffs are calculated for seven segments: from 1 to160 kWh per month, 33
fils/kWh, from 161 to 300 kWh per month, 72 fils/kWh, from 301 to 500 kWh per
month, 86 fils/kWh, from 501 to 600 kWh per month, 114 fils/kWh, from 601 to
750 kWh per month, 158 fils/kWh, from 750 to1,000 kWh per month, 188 fils/kWh,
and for more than 1000 kWh per month, 265 fils/kWh.
For the purpose of
calculating the new tariff, the first four segments became two. The first
segment’s tariff was set at 50 fils per kWh, the second at 100 fils per kWh;
the three segments above 600 kWh became one, and the tariff of 200 fils per
kWh.
Energy expert
Hashem Aqel said that 93 percent of consumers will not be affected by the new
tariffs, adding that households make up 45 percent of all electricity
consumption.
Aqel, adding that
there is a JD2-JD2.5 subsidy for consumption of less than 600 kWh and pointed
out that Gazans living in Jordan and temporary passport holders will benefit
from electricity subsidy.
“All economic
sectors benefit from the new tariff, as the tariff was reduced in varying
proportions, and this reduces the cost of energy for these sectors, which
should be reflected in the prices of their products,” he said, stressing that
the maximum load, which was a huge burden on all sectors, was canceled.
Energy expert Amer
Al-Shobaki said that the new electricity tariffs, which the government said
will be applied in the first trimester of this year, “came within the Jordanian
economic reform program, in implementation of some requirements of the
International Monetary Fund to offer direct support to those who deserve it and
reduce the price of electricity on the industrial, economic, agricultural,
hotel, commercial, and tourism sectors”.
He said that the
commercial sector will see a decrease in the cost of electricity, when
consuming more than 2000 kWh per month; the tariff will be from 17.5 piasters
to 12.5 piasters, and therefore, “the segment with a consumption of more than
2000 kWh will benefit from it”.
Shobaki added that
“a large part of the population will not be affected by these tariffs, even
though not the 90 percent the government claimed”.
EDAMA has presented
a set of recommendations regarding the various aspects of the new electricity
tariffs. Among these, to incentivize the regular sector of consumers, mainly
households, to install photovoltaic systems and subsidize part of the cost for
those who have already installed them and for those planning to do so.
The agency calls
for new legislation that supports individual consumption choices, like those of
owners of renewable energy systems. EDAMA supports the introduction of storage
systems of produced electricity or setting an upper limit of the amount that
should be exported to the grid.
By doing so, there
would be other benefits, according to the NGO, namely, a boost of the demand
for the photovoltaic system and, subsequently, for the commercial sector dealing
with these systems.
At the same time,
the government cash subsidies to citizens who benefit from the solar system
will be cancelled, while they will be kept for small consumers who cannot
afford the new systems or do not have enough room for the equipment, according
to EDAMA, which said that there should be a universal tariff for users of the
solar systems.
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