GPL increases tariffs
...as fuel prices rise
Stabroek News
October 11, 2002
Electricity consumers will from October 1 be faced with increased tariffs following a rate increase caused by higher fuel prices.
The increase which according to the Guyana Power and Light Co. (GPL) amounts to $0.77 per kilowatt hour (unit) will be added to the present surcharge of $1.65 bringing that figure to $2.42. The $1.65 surcharge had been implemented in July as a result of dramatic fluctuations in fuel costs.
World market prices for fuel have been unsteady over the last couple of months after experiencing falls at the beginning of the year.
According to an advert carried in yesterday's edition of Stabroek News, the new tariffs are as follows:
Residential: Fixed charge 292.70
<1000 KWh 31.05
2.42 33.47
> 1000 KWh 34.41
2.42 36.83
Commercial: Fixed charge 1949.63
1949.63
Kwh
44.84 2.42
47.26
Industrial 'C': Demand
1391.07
1391.07
kWh 1st Step 39.46
2.42 41.88
kWh 2nd Step 34.56
2.42 36.98
Industrial 'D': Fixed
1391.07
1391.07
kWh 1st
Step 37.34
2.42 39.76
kWh 2nd
Step 32.42
2.42 34.84
Public lighting: kWh
31.70 2.42
34.12