Consumers can expect smaller electricity bills from 1 April to 30 June 2007. SP Services says electricity prices will fall by nearly 6% beginning next month because of lower fuel oil prices. Domestic users will now pay 18.88 cents per kWh, compared to 20.02 cents per kWh.
For the period 1 April to 30 June, tariffs are pegged to a lower fuel oil price of US$42.60 per barrel. In the previous quarter, the price was US$48.16 per barrel. The electricity tariff is reviewed quarterly, so prices will be reviewed again in June.
- This is based off a 3-month moving average, and the past 3 months have seen crude oil prices hovering in the $50's. But oil prices are creeping up again above $60. Already, petrol prices, keyed off a shorter 1-week or so average, have been going up, via slashing of discount rates.