Dubai residents face additional utility costs in the New Year

Water, electricity charges and fuel costs set to increase

Dubai: Revised form of water and electricity bills, as well as an additional fuel surcharge will be added to Dubai residents statements starting from tomorrow.

The Supreme Council of Energy in Dubai announced a 15 per cent increase in water and electricity tariff on the minimal consumption is due to ongoing increase in fuel and gas prices on the global level.

The additional fuel surcharge will be shown separately in electricity and water consumption bills. This value added is to show the cost of the fuel used in the water and electricity consumption. It would be fluctuated according to the fuel price globally.

DEWA said, it considered this increase as "reasonable and quite moderate" as the consumption tariff and slab system not been reviewed since March 2008.

The move, as disclosed by Dubai Supreme Council for Energy, comes in line with Dubai Government's integrated energy strategy which seeks to diversify the sources of energy, mainly relying on gas for power generation and water desalination units and manage utility cost in future.

Tariff

The rates for water consumption for residential sector for non-national will be increased from 3 fils to 3.5 fils per gallon up to the consumption of 6,000 gallons, and from 3.5 fils to 4 fils per gallon for above 6,000 gallons and up to 12,000 gallons, and from 4 fils to 4.6 fils per gallon for usage above this level every month.

As for the commercial, industrial and governmental consumption and the like, the tariff per gallon has been increased from 3 fils/Gallon to 3,5 fils/Gallon up to the consumption of 10,000 Gallon, and from 3,5 fils per gallon to 4 fils per gallon for the consumption between 10,000 gallons and up to 20,000 gallons, and from 4 fils per gallon to 4.6 fils per gallon for more than 20,000 gallons per month.

Regarding the residential and commercial use of electricity, the tariff has been moved from 20 fils/KWh to 23 fils/ KWh for the consumption up to 2000 KWh, and from 24 fils/ KWh to 28 fils/ KWh for above 2000 KWh and up to 4000 KWh, and from 28 fils/ KWh to 32 fils/ KWh for above 4000 KWh and up to 6000 KWh, and from 33 fils/ KWh to 38 fils/ KWh for above 6000 KWh per month, whereas the tariff of the industrial and governmental consumption and their like is from 20 fils/ KWh to 23 fils/KWh up to 10,000 KWh and from 33 fils/ KWh to 38 fils/KWh for above 10,000 KWh per month.

- GulfNews