Singapore's electricity tariffs to rise 1.83 S cents per kWh in Q4

Singapore

ELECTRICITY tariffs will rise by an average of 1.83 Singapore cents per kilowatt hour (kWh) for the period Oct 1 to Dec 31, as compared with the previous quarter, national grid power operator SP Group said on Wednesday.

For households, the electricity tariff, before a 7 per cent goods and services tax (GST), will go up from 19.60 Singapore cents to 21.43 Singapore cents per kWh in the fourth quarter. This works out to an increase of about 9.3 per cent.