{"id":14769,"date":"2025-12-02T23:41:27","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T23:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=14769"},"modified":"2025-12-02T23:41:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T23:41:27","slug":"water-tariffs-up-by-15-9-electricity-up-9-8-effective-january-1-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=14769","title":{"rendered":"Water tariffs up by 15.9%, electricity up 9.8% effective January 1, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has announced new tariff adjustments for electricity and water, effective January 1, 2026, following its multi-year tariff review process covering 2026 to 2030.<\/p>\n

Electricity tariffs will rise by 9.86 percent across all customer categories, while water tariffs will see a 15.92 percent increase over the five-year control period.<\/p>\n

The Commission said the adjustments were necessary to meet the investment requirements of utility providers, ensure industry competitiveness, and safeguard consumer interests.<\/p>\n

The review also incorporates quarterly adjustments to account for factors beyond the control of service providers, including exchange rate fluctuations, inflation, fuel costs, and generation mix.<\/p>\n

Additionally, mini-grid tariffs have been introduced to support electricity access in island communities, with costs absorbed into the Volta River Authority\u2019s revenue requirements.<\/p>\n

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PURC emphasised that the decision followed extensive stakeholder consultations, public hearings, and evaluation of utility proposals.<\/p>\n

The Commission pledged to continue monitoring service providers to ensure efficiency, value for money, and adherence to regulatory standards.<\/p>\n

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The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has announced new tariff adjustments for electricity and water, effective January 1, 2026, following its multi-year tariff review process covering 2026 to 2030. Electricity tariffs will rise by 9.86 percent across all customer categories, while water tariffs will see a 15.92 percent increase over the five-year control period. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123457,"featured_media":14775,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3525,3537,41],"tags":[329,4622,4623],"class_list":["post-14769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","category-energy","category-general-news","tag-purc","tag-tarrifs","tag-utility"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/123457"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14769"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14777,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14769\/revisions\/14777"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}