The reasons for which tariffs for electricity in Azerbaijan have been changed. As the first deputy director of the sales department of OJSC Azerishig, the first deputy director of the Department of Sales of OJSC “Azerishig” Vugar Nabibayli, in connection with the increase in natural gas tariffs sold by Azerenergy OJSC, there was a need to overstate wholesale and retail electricity tariffs.
Additional expense on OJSC “Azerishg” As a result of increasing the wholesale tariff for electricity, it must be distributed among all groups of consumers (population, industry, transport, agriculture, trade and services): “Currently, electricity tariffs for the population are 7 Gyapiks for 1 kW / h in consumption up to 300 kW / h per month and 11 gyapiki – when consuming over 300 kW / h per month. New differentiation retains preferential tariff policy for low-income families. If the monthly consumption of one person is an average of 50 kW / h, and in the average family of 4 people, it is 200 kW / h per month. According to statistical data, 63% of the population consumes up to 200 kW / h electricity. That is, the increase in the size of the fee for the monthly gas consumption of the family of 4 people is projected to 2.05 manat level, “said Nabibayli.
He stressed that the current electricity tariffs in force from the first December 2016: “based on the need to expand infrastructure work in the sector, as well as providing the population and other subscribers of uninterrupted electricity, regulation of electricity tariffs for coverage of additional costs incurred in The result of the changes in prices for natural gas used to produce energy was inevitable.
Natural gas is more than 50% of the raw materials used to generate electricity on thermal power plants in Azerbaijan. In this regard, the change in the tariffs for natural gas determines the rise in electricity prices. Wholesale electricity sales rate increased by 0.9 gyapik and is defined at 6.6 gyapika, “said Vugar Nabibayli.
He also noted that the resumption of industrial enterprises and catering establishments from the beginning of 2021, as well as the state of economic incentives in the framework of the fight against the pandemic, led to a greater revival of economic activity, which was expected, because of which the demand for Electricity.