waddo wrote: ↑Wed 02 Aug 2023 5:51 am
Only if you have sufficient funding to make it so - when the choice is between food, clothing, water and gas then the price becomes very relevant and A/Cs become irrelevant.
well, yes, you are right.
end of juli was a rise for the minimum wage which usually causes a price rise not only for electricity.
so, the last rise for the minimum wage was up from approx 11500 net to 15800 TL.
one kWh in the cheapest (first 250 kWh) tariff 02 was 1,93 lira and now is 2,19 lira.
250 to 500 was 3,99 and is now 4,55. and so on.
basically electricity is now, in relation to the wages, cheaper as it was before.
and, when you compare the prices and exchange rates from, eg, 3 or 6 month ago, it is significantly cheaper.
eg, in april 2023 the exchange to the euro was 21 and the price in lowest tariff was 2,1 TL incl vat = 10 eurocent.
new price august 2023 is 8 eurocent. this is a bloody bargain, and far too cheap!
for info : average use per household in UK is approx 3800 kWh electricity = 315 kWh per month. (but no cooling or heating included)
UK: standing charge 10 - 15 GBP
as lowest tariff 2 in TRNC is 250 kWh per month, we calculate 250 only, kWh price in UK: 0,34 GBP (which equals, today, to 12 lira per kWh) = 85 STG + the 15 standing charge = 100 STG
TRNC: standing charge 1(one!) GBP.
for lowest tariff 0-250 kWh the new price is 2,2 TL + VAT = 2,64 TL per kWh x 250kWh = 660 TL or 19 GBP + 1 for the standing charge = say 20 STG per month.
for 500 kWh total consumption per month in TRNC you pay 35 GBP extra = 55 GBP in total, for another 250 (total 750 a month) you pay another say 40 GBP = 95 GBP.
In UK you would pay 0,34 x 750 + 15 = 270 GBP.
so, if anybody complains about "kibtek not working good" or "the unions" or powercuts or the dirty stuff which comes out of Teknecik....... the price is the reason.
