TNB has introduced the brand new electrical energy tariffs from July 2025. There was a serious change in how the invoice is calculated for home customers which we can be protecting on this story.
There are 5 parts or “expenses” to calculating your invoice:
- Technology cost – 27.03 sen/kWh for utilization beneath 1,500 kWh a month or 37.03 sen/kWh for utilization over 1,500 kWh a month. This covers the precise price of producing electrical energy from energy vegetation.
- Capability cost – 4.55 sen/kWh. This cost is claimed to be for guaranteeing dependable provide by sustaining energy vegetation and standby capability.
- Community cost – 12.85 sen/kWh. This cost is for the price of working and sustaining the grid and the native community to ship electrical energy.
- Retail cost – RM10 a month, exempted for utilization beneath 600 kWh a month. This can be a fastened price for metering, billing and customer support.
- Computerized Gas Adjustment (AFA) – an automated calculation of both a surcharge or low cost of as much as 3 sen/kWh relying on gas costs, revised on a month-to-month foundation.
Basically, if you happen to use greater than 1,500 kWh a month, add era + capability + community expenses collectively and also you’re a per kWh price of 54.43 sen/kWh + RM10 + what the AFA surcharge or low cost is.
Should you use beneath 1,500 kWh a month, you pay 44.43 sen/kWh + RM10 + AFA.
Instance of invoice calculation
You may additionally discover within the instance invoice above that there’s a low cost known as a “Power Effectivity Incentive”. This is applicable for home customers utilizing lower than 1,000 kWh a month. The low cost is a downward sliding quantity (the extra the utilization, the lesser the inducement). The utmost low cost is 25 sen/kWh.
Optionally available peak/off-peak ToU tariff for home
There may be additionally a brand new non-compulsory ToU tariff for home customers. That is solely accessible for sensible meter customers. Basically you might be given the chance to pay just a little extra for electrical energy throughout peak hours in alternate for decrease electrical energy costs throughout off-peak hours.
The definition of off-peak is kind of beneficiant – it covers 24 hours through the weekends, and 12am to 2pm in addition to 10pm to 12am throughout weekdays.
For utilization beneath 1,500 kWh per 30 days
- Peak tariff – 28.52 sen per kWh
- Off-peak tariff – 24.43 sen per kWh
For utilization above 1,500 kWh per 30 days
- Peak tariff – 38.52 sen per kWh
- Off-peak tariff – 34.43 sen per kWh
So if you wish to save on electrical energy in charging your electrical automobile at house, you could possibly schedule your charging to start after 10pm or through the weekends for instance.
What do you consider the brand new electrical energy tariffs? Do you assume you’ll save in your invoice or pay extra after this? Tell us within the feedback.
Will I pay kind of for my TNB invoice?
TNB has printed a comparability for utilization as much as 900 kWh a month, which reveals a decrease invoice for this section of utilization. Basically, in case your invoice is beneath RM400 now, you’ll in all probability be paying much less.
In case your consumption is greater than 900 kWh a month, you’ll have to calculate your self to see if you will note a drop or improve in your invoice.
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