IRSEA highlights in the statement that the tariff update will be gradual and aims to cover the increase in production and distribution costs, modernize and expand networks in urban and rural areas and avoid the degradation of services.
Electricity will undergo an initial adjustment of 11.5 percent, based on an average tariff of 12.8 kwanzas/kWh.
According to IRSEA estimates, a family in the Social Domestic I category (which benefits from a discount on the bill) with a contracted power of 1.3 KVA that paid an average of 291.88 kwanzas will now pay 379.68 kwanzas.
In the Single-Phase Domestic category, a family with a contracted power of 6.6 KVA that paid 9,120.22 kwanzas will now pay 13,516.16 kwanzas.
As for water, the tariff will have an initial adjustment of 30 percent (taking into account an average tariff of 780 kwanzas or 78 cents/m3), with a phased readjustment, “maintaining the subsidy for essential chemical products for treatment”.
The IRSEA highlights the new “tiered and consumption-based” tariff structure, with the social tariff maintained to protect lower-income families.
Families with a social tariff with consumption of zero to five m3 who paid an average of 200 kwanzas will now pay 260 kwanzas, while in bracket 2 with consumption equal to or greater than 10 m3 the expense increases from 260 kwanzas to 338 kwanzas.
IRSEA points out that the average expenditure on water represents 2.4 percent of the monthly budget of families with social tariffs, while electricity accounts for 2.2 percent of the monthly expenditure of families with social tariffs, with values below the regional average.
