Tariffs and Billings Systems - Experience Matrix - MATA 2009

Results of the discussions during Mata 2009 about:

Which tariffs and billing systems have been successful? Which challenges have been identified?

Country/Project/System	System applied successful	Challenges
Indonesia / MHP /Micro Hydro Schemes	Communal-set tariffs Flat rate (households) Item based (eg # of bulbs) Cluster metering	Overloading Sanction management
Pakistan	Item based (eg # of bulbs)
planned in Ethiopia / EnDev / Micro Hydro Schemes	flat rate (no productive use) + mech.load limiter; only CLF, no social tariff	Expected challenges: billing - recovery rate too low monitoring of applied devices Static system risk: pilot --> not cost covering
Republic South Africa / SHS Pakistan / SHS		Fee for service with pre-paid metering complete financial failure conceptual design resulted in no ownership and caused vandalism, theft,...
Senegal / SHS Burkina Faso / SHS	Fee for service successful
Ghana / grid	Multi-level tariff prepaid and post paid metered lifeline tariff
China / grid - households	one tariff pre paid metered
Rwanda / grid	one tariff pre paid metered	power production to low for overall demand utility prefers to connect only big consumers off grid tariff (MHP) lower than grid tariff not cost covering
Zambia / grid	recently change from flat rate to prepaid tariff resulted in lower electricity consumption	with reduced electricity consumption the demand for charcoal increase singnificant
Senegal / Minigrids	flat rate with consumption limiter	one tariff nationwide not cost covering under all conditions
Marocco / planned for island grid	load variable tariff