New electricity tariffs for consumers come into force from February 1

The electricity tariff for consumers in Armenia will decrease by 1.22 drams starting February 1. The Public Services Regulatory Commission had defined the following tariffs for electricity sold to consumers by the “Electric Networks of Armenia” CJSC. According to the new tariffs, for consumers using 110 kV feed the daytime tariff for 1 kWh is 33.48 drams, and the nighttime tariff – 29.48 drams.

For consumers using 35kV feed, the tariffs are 35.98 drams and 31.98 drams respectively. For the 6 (10) kV feed, the commission defined the tariffs as the following : daytime – 41.98 drams, nighttime – 31.98 drams. In terms of 0,38kV and less feed ( the majority of population) the tariffs are defined as: daytime – 44.98 drams ( previously 46.2), nighttime – 34.98 drams. For socially vulnerable families the tariffs are 40 drams for daytime use and 30 drams for nighttime use.

Several factors impacted the revision of the tariffs, one being the decrease of gas prices supplied to thermal power plants.