Sub-Sahara Africa Electricity End User Tariffs

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SSA Electricty End User Tariffs

Country	Source	Link	Noteworthy
Cabo Verde	Agência de Regulação Económica (ARE)	ARE Electricity Tariffs	Updated every few months, for latest tariff click on link in previous column
Tanzania	Energy and Water Utilities Regulatory Authority (EWURA)	March 2016 - TANESCO Tariff Order (implemented) December 2016 - TANESCO Tariff Order (disregarded)	Tariff Order, Mar. 2016 (~2% tariff decrease, implemented by state utility to date): Domestic (lifeline <75 kWh = 100 TZS;  >75 = 350) General (292 TZS) General >7500 kWh (195 TZS + demand) Medium Voltage (157 TZS + demand) High Voltage (152 TZS + demand) 1 USD ~ 2250 TZS Tariff Order, Dec. 2016 (~7% tariff increase, disregarded by state utility at direction of energy ministry)
Ghana	Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC)	PURC tariffs 2018 approved electricity tariffs	Tariffs as of March 2018, recent reduction from 2017 tariffs - Energy charges (per kWh): (Averages for customer category. 1USD ~ 4.46GHS) Residential (plus 5% levies) Res. 0-300 kWh: 0.42 GHS Res. 301-600+ kWh: 0.76 GHS Non-Residential (plus 5% levies, 17.5% VAT) Non-Res. 0-600 kWh: 0.70GHS Non-Res. 601+ kWh: 1.14GHS Special Load Tariff (SLT) (plus 5% levies, 17.5% VAT) SLT- low voltage: 0.76GHS SLT- medium voltage: 0.59GHS SLT- high voltage: 0.54GHS SLT- high voltage mine: 1.03GHS
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