Cost of generating electricity increases by 45%

“We do not impose any surcharge even though it should be released to consumers,” Takiyuddin said when winding up the debate on the motion of thanks for the Royal Address for the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources (Ketsa) in Parliament yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR: The increase in coal prices has caused the cost of generating electricity to increase by 45%, according to Energy and Natural Resources Minister Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan.

He said, however, the government had decided to give a rebate of two sen per kilowatt-hour for domestic consumers from February to June 2022, Bernama reported