TNB has introduced the brand new electrical energy tariffs from July 2025. There was a significant change in how the invoice is calculated for home customers which we will likely be overlaying on this story.
There are 5 elements or “costs” to calculating your invoice:
- Era cost – 27.03 sen/kWh for utilization below 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 making certain 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 below 600 kWh a month. It is a fastened price for metering, billing and customer support.
- Computerized Gasoline Adjustment (AFA) – an automated calculation of both a surcharge or low cost of as much as 3 sen/kWh relying on gasoline costs, revised on a month-to-month foundation.
Basically, in the event you use greater than 1,500 kWh a month, add technology + capability + community costs collectively and also you’re a per kWh price of 54.43 sen/kWh + RM10 + what the AFA surcharge or low cost is.
If you happen to use under 1,500 kWh a month, you pay 44.43 sen/kWh + RM10 + AFA.
Instance of invoice calculation
You may also discover within the instance invoice above that there’s a low cost referred to as a “Vitality 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 motivation). The utmost low cost is 25 sen/kWh.
Non-obligatory peak/off-peak ToU tariff for home
There may be additionally a brand new elective ToU tariff for home customers. That is solely accessible for good meter customers. Basically you’re given the chance to pay a bit extra for electrical energy throughout peak hours in change for decrease electrical energy costs throughout off-peak hours.
The definition of off-peak is sort of beneficiant – it covers 24 hours in the course of the weekends, and 12am to 2pm in addition to 10pm to 12am throughout weekdays.
For utilization under 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 dwelling, you can schedule your charging to start after 10pm or in the course of the weekends for instance.
To use to modify to ToU tariff you’ll have to go to the closest Kedai Tenaga.
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 roughly for my TNB invoice?
TNB has revealed 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 under RM400 now, you’ll most likely be paying much less.
In case your consumption is increased than 900 kWh a month, you’ll have to calculate your self to see if you will notice a drop or enhance in your invoice.
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