Nevermind that I’m a Malaysian from Sabah, I still get to enjoy the free water in Selangor.
As I mentioned in earlier post, consumers in Selangor — those who receive bills from Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd — are given free water of up to 20 m3 per month or equivalent to RM11.40, starting with the June water bill.
The latest water bill I receied (see above) is RM6.84 but I don’t have to pay the amount because the usage is still within the 20 m3 of free water.
In some ways, the free water has helped cushion the hike in electricity tariff.
Starting today, consumers in the peninsular will have to pay more for electricity, that is if they use more than 200 kilowatt hour (kWh) per month.
Average users will have to pay around RM5-8 more
My average monthly bill is around RM70 a month under the old tariff of 21.8 sen per kWh and subsequent 28.9 sen per kWh unit. My household is using about 290 kWh per month.
Under the new tariff, I will have to pay about RM75 a month for the same amount of usage.
One little piece of good news, is that there will be no change to the rate for the first 200 kWh of usage.
The bad news is the charge per kWh unit will now be increase to 30 for the subsequent usage between 201-400 kWh.
Calculate your headache
Below is a rough estimate of our headaches, sourced from Tenaga Nasional Bhd website, assuming there are no drastic changes in the way we consume electricity.
Which category of users are you? If you are in the low-kWh type of users, the tariff increase won’t be too hard to take, especially if you are in Selangor because you now get to enjoy a free water amounting to 20 cubic metres a month or an equivalent of RM11.40.
Here is a screenshot, also from Tenaga Nasional website, of the new tariffs.
Too bad I don’t have the old ones. It would be good to make a comparison.
Tengah malam tadi barang naik lagi. Bukan alang-alang. Melonjak-lonjak sehingga tidak keruan. Kusangkakan subsidi sampai ke pagi, rupanya subsedih di tengah hari.
Jika beginilah keadaannya, dari kenaikan sampai keturunan, tiadalah kedudukan.
Contrary to the prevailing “Out of Taiwan” migration theory, the people of Southeast Asia had not migrated from Taiwan 4,000 years ago.
Research by the University of Leeds showed that on the contrary, the migration had taken place much earlier — about 10,000 years ago — from Southeast Asia into surrounding region, including Taiwan. [Source]
Maybe I should call this blog terra nullius… in conjuction with the International Court of Justice (ICJ)’s decision on Pulau Batu Puteh today.
Still, who owns South Ledge? The ICJ says, “South Ledge belongs to the state in whose territorial waters it is located.” So in whose territorial waters South Ledge is located?
I’m on leave by the way, so I’m kinda out of touch with the news…
