While addressing the media at the
Uganda Media Centre, the Minister
of Energy and Mineral
Development, Hon. Ruth
Nankabirwa divulged the
government plans to a progressive
gradual end-user tariff reduction.
In her statement ,“I congratulate you
all for the announced weighted
average tariff reduction of 1.6% that
speaks to the government’s efforts
for progressive gradual end-user
tariff reduction to support
industrialization for socio-economic
transformation and improved
welfare,”
Domestic Consumers will now be
paying 792.1 per Unit, while
Commercial consumers will pay
598.9, Medium Industrial
Consumers will pay 448.9 and
Large Consumers will now pay
371.5.
The Tariff schedule for the Second
Quarter of 2023 saw a reduction in
Tariffs for Domestic Consumers to
UGX 805.0 from UGX 808.9,
Commercial Consumers to UGX
611.8 from UGX 624.6, Medium
Industrial Consumers to UGX 461.8
from UGX 472.3, Large Consumers
to UGX 384.4, from UGX 386.3.
Nankabirwa also revealed that the
hybrid customer connection
financing Framework announced in
December, 2022 has already
generated 36,855 applications and
27,724 have already been
connected to electricity supply as of
December 2023.This Frame work
saw the government reducing the
cost of a no-pole new customer
connection from UGX 720,883 to
UGX 470,000 through a subsidy of
UGX 250,883 for each no-pole
connection.
In addition to the subsidy, the
Government of Uganda, through the
Uganda Development Bank,
provided a credit line of UGX
270,000 per new connection for
those who are unable to pay a lump
sum of UGX 470,000.
Ugandans whose houses are
located near an electricity pole can
now make a down payment of UGX
200,000 to get connected to
electricity and clear the balance of
UGX 270,000 through a 15% part
payment deducted on their energy
purchases over a period of eight
years.
