2017 Tarrifs

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1. To assist Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) to sustain its operations to meet growth in electricity demand, Government has approved a combination of an adjustment to existing tariffs, and a subsidy cash injection to BPC. The latter has been done in order to reduce the burden of high tariff adjustments on both domestic and business electricity consumers.
   
2.  Customers are, therefore, advised that Government has approved the structure and adjustment to electricity tariffs for the various customer categories effective 1st April 2017 as detailed below.
   
3. A stepped two-block tariff structure for Domestic and Small Business category customers has been maintained to lessen the impact of the tariff adjustment on low-usage households and small scale businesses, as well as an incentive to use electricity efficiently.
   
4. The tariff for Domestic customers consuming up to 200kWh (units of electricity) will be adjusted upward by seven and half per cent (7.5%).
   
5. A 10% electricity tariff increase for Domestic category customers consuming more than 200kwh per month.
   
6. A 10% electricity tariff increase for Small Scale Business category customers consuming 500kwh or less per month
7. ​A 12% electricity tariff increase  for Small scale Business category customers consuming  more than 500kwh per month and