66,600 households enjoy RM40 electricity bill rebate since Jan 1


PUTRAJAYA (Bernama): A total of 66,600 poor and hardcore poor households registered and verified under e-Kasih have received their monthly electricity bill rebate of RM40 each effective Jan 1 this year, says Yeo Bee Yin (pic).

The Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change (MESTECC) Minister, however, said her ministry's data showed that a total of 142,200 households registered under e-Kasih had yet to register with utility companies, namely, Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB), Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd (SESB) and Sarawak Energy Bhd (SEB).

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Monthly Plan

RM 13.90/month

RM 11.12/month

Billed as RM 11.12 for the 1st month, RM 13.90 thereafter.

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Annual Plan

RM 12.33/month

RM 9.87/month

Billed as RM 118.40 for the 1st year, RM 148 thereafter.

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