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Electricity Supply (Government Power Stations) Regulation

This reprint of this Statutory Instrument incorporates all amendments, if any, made before25 November 2006 and in force at  1 July 2001.


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Legislative Counsel
Dated 25 November 2006


INDEPENDENT STATE OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA.

Chapter 306.

Electricity Supply (Government Power Stations) Regulation

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS.

Electricity Supply (Government Power Stations) Regulation

MADE under the Electricity Supply (Government Power Stations) Act.


Dated                   200 .


. CONDITIONS OF SUPPLY OF ELECTRICITY.

(1) Subject to this section, and unless otherwise prescribed, the Electricity Commission (Conditions of Supply) By-laws, as amended from time to time (other than Section 9 and Schedule 2), with the necessary modifications, apply to the supply of electricity under the Act, and the reference in those by-laws to the Papua New Guinea Electricity Commission shall be read as references to the Minister.

(2) The rates for electricity supply by the Minister under the Act are the rates specified in the Schedule.

(3) The Minister may, if he thinks fit, install devices in an installation to limit the load that the installation can draw from the Government mains.

(4) The Minister may, by notice in the National Gazette, restrict the hours during which electricity is supplied to any consumer, or to consumers in any area, specified in the notice.

SCHEDULE 1 – RATES.

Reg., 1(2).

PART 1 – TARIFF ZONES.

In this Schedule, a reference to a Tariff Zone, by number, is a reference to an area declared by the Minister, by notice in the National Gazette, to be the Tariff Zone, so numbered for the purposes of this Schedule.

PART 2 – DOMESTIC RATES.

This tariff is applicable to electricity supplied to premises used solely for domestic purposes and consisting of a single dwelling house, or a single home unit in the case of a multiple dwelling house, to which a separate supply is given.

Division 1.

Zones 1 to 6–Metered.
Zone 1.
Zone 2.
Zone 3.
Zone 4.
Zone 5.
Zone 6.

K




First block–up to an including 10kWh per month–per kWh
0.13
0.13
0.13
0.13
0.14
0.14
Second block–for the next 30kWh per month–per kWh
0.07
0.07
0.08
0.08
0.09
0.09
Third block–for the next 15kWh per month–per kWh
0.04
0.045
0.05
0.06
0.07
0.08
Fourth block–for the balance per month–per kWh
0.026
0.032
0.039
0.047
0.055
0.063

Division 2.

Zone 7–Metered.
K
First block—up to and including 150kWh per month—per kWh
0.066
Second block—the balance of kWh per month—per kWh or K2.10 per month—whichever is the greater.
0.131

Division 3.

Zone 8 – Unmetered.

Note 1 In relation to these charges, a home unit is a portion of a building that, in the opinion of the Minister, has been set aside for the exclusive use of one family or group of people.

Note 2 In the case of multiple dwelling-houses, the home units that were not provided with separately metered supply on 1 August 1971 (being the date of commencement of the pre-Independence Electricity Supply (Administration Power Stations) Regulations 1971), the number of kilowatt hours chargeable under each of the first, second and third blocks is determined by multiplying the figures of 10, 30 and 150 respectively by the number of home units.

Note 3 For the purposes of these charges, facilities provided for the common use of the occupants of a multiple dwelling-house, such as stairways, passageways and outdoor lighting, lifts, common laundries, etc., shall be taken as consisting of a single home unit.

Note 4 In the case of a multiple dwelling to which the supply is unmetered, a separate account shall be rendered in respect of each home unit, including facilities provided for common use as described in Note 3.

Hours
Hours per week
Charge per
Pro rata
per day
Exceeding–
Not exceeding
calendar month.
K
charge per day.
K
4
1
28
2.10
0.07
5
29
35
2.62
0.087
6
36
42
3.15
0.105
7
43
49
3.67
0.123
8
50
56
4.20
0.14
9
57
63
4.77
0.157
10
64
70
5.25
0.175
11
71
77
5.77
0.192
12
78
84
6.30
0.21
13
85
91
6.82
0.228
14
92
98
7.35
0.245
15
99
105
7.87
0.262
16
106
112
8.40
0.28
17
113
119
8.92
0.297
18
120
126
9.45
0.315

PART 3 – GENERAL SUPPLY RATE.

This tariff is applicable to electricity supplied to all premises not eligible for the domestic rate other than those being supplied under the maximum demand rate.

Division 1.

Zones 1 to 6 — Metered.
Zone 1.
Zone 2.
Zone 3.
Zone 4.
Zone 5.
Zone 6.

K




First block–up to an including 5kWh per month–per kWh
0.13
0.13
0.13
0.13
0.14
0.14
Second block–for the next 200kWh per month–per kWh
0.07
0.07
0.08
0.08
0.09
0.10
Third block–for the next 400kWh per month–per kWh
0.053
0.056
0.063
0.075
0.082
0.091
Fourth block–for the next 4 000 kWh per month–per kWh
0.032
0.043
0.052
0.06
0.067
0.076
Fifth block–for the balance per month–per kWh
0.032
0.035
0.039
0.047
0.055
0.063

Division 2.

Zone 7 — Metered.
K
First block—up to and including 250kWh per month—per kWh
0.083
Second block—the balance of kWh per month—per kWh or K420.00 per month—whichever is the greater.
0.131

Division 3.

Zone 8 — Unmetered.

Hours
Hours per week
Charge per
Pro rata
per day
Exceeding–
Not exceeding
calendar month.
K
charge per day.
K
4
1
28
3.15
0.105
5
29
35
3.94
0.131
6
36
42
4.72
0.157
7
43
49
5.51
0.187
8
50
56
6.30
0.21
9
57
63
7.09
0.236
10
64
70
7.87
0.262
11
71
77
8.66
0.289
12
78
84
9.45
0.315
13
85
91
10.24
0.341
14
92
98
11.02
0.367
15
99
105
11.81
0.397
16
106
112
12.60
0.42
17
113
119
13.39
0.446
18
120
126
14.17
0.472

PART 4 – PREPAYMENT METER RATE.

Rate for electricity supplied to an installation to which a prepayment meter is connected–per kWh–K0.1.

PART 5 – TEMPORARY SUPPLY RATE.

Where a temporary supply is made available the following charges apply, in addition to the General Supply Tariff:–

(a) where supply does not require an extension from the Government main of more than 22.86m a charge of K20.00 and a minimum charge of K5.00 per month in respect of electricity used; and

(b) in all other cases–a charge estimated as being equal to the total cost of installing the supply and removing the works on completion of supply and a minimum charge of K5.00 per month in respect of electricity used.


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