notice on review of the fuel surcharge on electricity usage
Determination by Commerce Commission and the Government of Fiji.
- The Commerce Commission has approved a temporary rate for fuel surcharge for the FEA.
- The increased fuel surcharge that FEA will levy will be 5.53 cents per kWh.
- To assist the low income earners, the Commission has agreed that for the domestic users no fuel surcharge will be applied for residential customers consuming 75kWh or less per month.
- For those residential customers consuming above 75kWh to 125kWh per month, a 50% reduction in the maximum fuel surcharge will be applied which is 2.765 cents per kWh.
- No fuel surcharge will be applied to institutions. These are all customers under the Institutional Tariff such a primary and secondary schools and religious bodies.
- All other consumers consuming electrical energy above 125kWh per month will pay a fuel surcharge of 5.53 cents per kWh.
- Fuel surcharge of 5.53 cents per kWh will be applicable to streetlights.
- The temporary surcharge is applicable from 27th November 2008. It is also subjective to review as authorised by the Commerce Commission.
Application of Fuel Surcharge by FEA
The fuel surcharge should apply under the following conditions:
- The fuel surcharge is applied each month and shown seperately on the customer's bill.
- There will be no changes to the existing electricity tariff.
- As approved by the Commerce Commsission, fuel surcharge will only be reviewed if there is a 10% change in the total cost of thermal fuel usage.
- No fuel surcharge will be applicable if the diesel fuel price to FEA reduces to $756 per tonne or below.
- FEA will continue its awarness programmes on the energy saving through all forms of media, and to inform customers on the impostion of the fuel surcharge.
FEA shall implement the new fuel surcharge fee effective from 27th November, 2008. This increase is regretted , but without this surcharge FEA cannot sustain electricity suppy now and in the future.
FEA looks forward to your kind understand and cooperation in this matter.
