The new tariffs, calculated by the power distribution grid operator Lesto, were approved and published by the National Commission for Energy Control and Prices on Wednesday. Prices had been adjusted in the light of legislative amendments related to the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal.
The main electricity tariff for households, which is chosen by 70% of private customers, will decline by 1.6%, or 0.19 cents, next year compared with this year to 12.7 cents per kWh. Consumers using electric cookers will pay 12.6 cents, down by 0.9%, or 0.11 cents.
Households charged on a time-of-day basis will pay 13.9 cents for daytime electricity, down by 1.4%, or 0.2 cents, and 9.9 cents for nighttime electricity, down by 2.1%, or 0.21 cents. The tariffs for households using electric cookers will decrease by 0.7%, or 0.1 cents, to 13.8 cents for daytime electricity and by 1.9%, or 0.19 cents, to 9.8 cents for nighttime electricity.
Energy Minister Rokas Masiulis earlier promised that prices of electricity for households would decline by up to 7% next year. Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius also mentioned a similar rate of decline.
