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Electricity and fuel charges have increased this year. Air-conditioning charges are 9% more expensive for people in Kowloon, New Territories. Hong Kong Island has increased more

2022-06-02T04:44:30.593Z


It's about to enter the hot summer, but everyone may have to plan before turning on the air conditioner. Affected by the Russian-Ukrainian war and other factors, the fuel adjustment fees of HK Electric and CLP have continued to rise sharply in recent months, making the electricity bill of ordinary households 10-30% higher than last year. with the most


It's about to enter the hot summer, but everyone may have to plan before turning on the air conditioner.

Affected by the Russian-Ukrainian war and other factors, the fuel adjustment fees of HK Electric and CLP have continued to rise sharply in recent months, making the electricity bill of ordinary households 10-30% higher than last year.


Based on the latest electricity bill estimates, if the air-conditioning is turned on for a long time in summer, HK Electric users will have to pay more than 100 yuan per month for air-conditioning at any time compared with last year, and the air-conditioning bill of CLP users is estimated to be higher. How much to pay for electricity in summer.


The electricity bills paid by citizens in each instalment are divided into two parts: the basic electricity bill and the fuel adjustment fee. The basic electricity bill will remain at the 2021 level due to the decision of the two power plants to freeze the tariff increase, and the fuel adjustment fee will be adjusted monthly according to the international fuel price.

Affected by the Russian-Ukrainian war and the sharp rise in energy prices, fuel adjustment fees for the two power plants continued to soar this year.

Among them, HK Electric's fuel adjustment fee per kWh rose to 47.1 cents in May, up 72.5% from the beginning of the year, and CLP's fuel adjustment fee per kWh rose by more than 10% to 43.2 cents per kWh.

Assuming that an ordinary three-person household uses 275 kWh of electricity per month, the electricity bill of HK Electric will increase from RMB 202.7 in May 2021 to RMB 332.3 in May this year, minus the rebate of RMB 2.8, that is, to pay RMB 329.5, plus The rate is as high as 35.2%.

In terms of CLP, the monthly electricity bill for ordinary three-person households has increased from 327.4 yuan in May last year to 368.1 yuan, and after deducting rebates, they need to pay 358.7 yuan, an increase of 9.6%.

As for how much more you will pay for air-conditioning, take a 1.5-horse air conditioner as an example, which consumes about 1,440 watts of electricity per hour. It runs 8 hours a day and runs 30 days a month, and it will consume 345.6 kWh of electricity.

Based on HK Electric’s average 1.35 yuan per kWh in May this year (because air-conditioning power consumption is included, the price per kWh is calculated based on 600 kWh of electricity consumption per month, the same below), it is estimated that the air-conditioning cost per month is 465.9 yuan, Compared with last year's 358.1 yuan, it is more than 100 yuan more expensive, an increase of 30%.

The monthly air-conditioning bill for CLP users, if estimated based on the average electricity bill in May last year, was about 438.8 yuan, which is estimated to increase by 9% to 478.2 yuan this year.

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