Mauri all valued PUB customers

We advised several weeks ago of a pending tariff increase.

Tariffs have remained static for many years despite rising operations costs. Past tariffs have failed to provide sufficient funding for generation and network maintenance costs.

We are mindful of service delivery challenges in the last quarter of 2024. The multiple generators that experienced faults and parts failures can be attributed to the past period’s lack of funding for relevant preventative maintenance. There is no magic solution, but with an additional budget, the continued support of the government and development partners, and PUB’s decision to bring in 2MW of additional electricity capacity, we are hopeful of better services this year.

Tariffs will increase substantially to achieve this and manage the 64% increase in our diesel price.

Please be assured that PUB has done its best to keep increases as low as possible. Subject to the movement of the diesel price, we remain optimistic that tariffs will decrease in the future, given the anticipated investments to improve PUB’s technical losses and the introduction of more solar power in the coming years.

Revised tariffs effective from 20 February 2025 will be:

*Customers who have consistently used less than 100 kWh per month for each of the past 3 months attract this “lifeline” tariff. Where a customer on this tariff exceeds 100 kWh per month the tariff will be adjusted on a quarterly basis. 

Customers paying a higher tariff, but who consistently use less than 100 kWh per month will attract the lifeline tariff for the next quarter.

Customers regularly using more than 100 kWh per month will pay the higher tariff

Mauri ana katitam’ati PUB n kabane.

Ea tia PUB n katanoata inanon wiiki aika a nako, ba ena iai keeraken boon ana iti.

Inanon ririki aika a m’aiti ao boon te miita e teimatoa n tiku n arona ae e b’ainaki ngkai n karokoa te tai aei, engae ngke e kaman birirake boon m’akurian karokoan te tiweti. Boon te iti ae b’ainaki ngkai eaki tau n kona n boutoka PUB n m’akuria katamaroan te iti ao karokoana n m’enga aika a kakaokoro.

Ti ataia ba e ma’iti kanganga aika ti kaitara ma ngaai n rabanen te ririki ae nako 2024. Kanganga aikai n kabane a bon reke man aki taun te m’ane ibukin m’akurian katamaroa nakon ana Tianaraita PUB. E na tangiraki riki kam’aitan te buoka ao te boutoka ma iroun te Tautaeka n Kiribati, ao rab’ata n karikirake, ao ana babaire PUB n karokoan 2MW ibukin buokan te iti, ena kona n buoka riki katamaroan ana tiweti PUB nte ririki aio.

Rakan boon te iti ena boutoka katamaroan ana tiweti PUB ao n kaitara rakan boon te b’a ae 64% rakana nakon are ma im’aina n aron ae ea tia n b’ainaki ngkai.

N kaeti ma kibaraken boon te iti ao PUB e kataia n kataua biriraken boon te iti nte aro ae ena konaaki n kaboaki. N kaeti ma biribirin boon te b’a ae te Diesel nte m’akete nte aonnaba ao ana kantaninga PUB ba ena kona n iai keerikaakin boon te iti ngkana iai keerikakin boon te b’a inanon taai aika im’aira, n raonaki naba ma ana waaki PUB iaon ana m’akuri n katamaroa ao n m’akurii naba ana karikirake aika waaki ngkai iaon karekean te iti ae itiaki man korakoran taai.

Aikai boon te iti ae ena moa kabonganakina man 20 Beberuare 2025 n teina nte taibora inano.

*Katitam’ati ake a kabonganaa te iti ae e kee iaan 100 kWh nte nam’akaina ibukin teniua (3) te nam’akaina n nako ena kona n reke irouia te tiaati aio. Katitam’ati ake a reke iaan te tiati aio, ngkana e raka kabonganaan te iti irouia riaon 100 kWh nte nam’akaina ao ena kona n manga bitaki te tiaati nakoia are ena m’akuriaki ibukin te kuate are im’iina ke teniua te nam’akaina are imwiina.

Katitam’ati ake a kabooa te iti nte boo ae m’aiti, ma a kabonganaa te iti ae e kee iaan 100 kWh ena kona n reke nakoia te tiaati ae $0.15 ibukin te kuata are imwiina ke ibukin teniua te nam’akaina are im’iina. Katitam’ati ake a kabonganaa ae e rake iaon 100 kWh nte nam’akaina ena reke irouia te tiaati ae bubura are iaon $0.15.