In 2019, residents of Astana will pay for electricity by 1.5-2 tenge per kW less than in 2018.
“From January 1, 2019, the“ electric power market ”will start functioning in Kazakhstan. The cost of electricity will be divided into the tariff for power and electricity tariff. The system of payment for electricity for retail consumers (the population) will remain unchanged, i.e. as now, payment will be made on metering devices for consumed electricity, ”said Sungat Yesimkhanov, Vice-Minister of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, in the Central Communications Service.
According to the vice-minister, according to the instructions of the Head of State, the Ministry of Energy has carried out work to establish an objective level of tariffs for the production of electric energy.
By the Order of the Minister of Energy dated November 29, 2018 No. 474, the previously approved limit value of the power tariff was changed. It was reduced from 700 to 590 thousand tenge per 1 MW.
“When the capacity tariff was adjusted downward, the first centralized trading in electric capacity in Kazakhstan was held. Following the auction results, a reduction in the price of capacity was obtained by 9% of the maximum value, ”Sungat Yesimkhanov emphasized.
According to the vice-minister, the groups of energy-producing organizations have been approved, where each energy-producing organization is defined as a separate group. These measures will eliminate the establishment of high tariffs for individual producers of electrical energy.
