DUSHANBE, July 1, 2014, Asia-Plus – By government’s decree electricity prices in Tajikistan rose 15 percent beginning on July 1 this year.

Starting from today, electricity prices of one kWh of electricity are 12.60 dirams for residential customers, 30.60 dirams for industrial and non-industrial enterprises, 12.20 dirams for federally funded institutions, public utilities and sports complexes, 8.20 dirams for electrical transport, and 2.20 dirams for reclamation vertical wells and water pumping stations.

Meanwhile, the price of one kWh of electricity for the Tajik Aluminum Plant (TALCO) is 7.20 dirams for the period from May 1 to September 30 and 11.80 dirams for the period from October 1 to April 30.  The price of one kWh of electricity for water supply pumps, pumping irrigation and maintenance-and-production bases of the Agency of Land Reclamation and Irrigation under the Government of Tajikistan is 2.20 dirams for the period from April 1 to September 30 and 8.20 dirams for the period from October 1 to March 31.  

We will recall that for the last time, Tajikistan raised electricity prices in April 2012.

The previous electricity prices of one kWh of electricity had been 11 dirams for residential customers, 26.63 dirams for industrial and non-industrial enterprises, 10.63 dirams for federally funded institutions, electrical transport, public utilities and sports complexes, and 1.88 dirams for reclamation vertical wells and water pumping stations.