A TOTAL of 9.1 million domestic and non-domestic consumers of Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) in Peninsular Malaysia will benefit from targeted discounts under the National People’s Well-being and Economic Recovery package (Pemulih).

In a statement today, TNB said the discounts ranging from 5%-40% will benefit 7.4 million domestic consumers.

In addition, a 5% discount to small and medium enterprises under specific commercial, industrial and agricultural tariff categories under low voltage will benefit 1.6 million of its consumers.

“The 10% discount for electricity consumers in six selected business sectors under the Pemerkasa Plus initiative involves 11,800 consumers. Under Pemulih, all six sectors will continue to receive the 10% discount until December 31, as announced by the prime minister (Muhyiddin Yassin),” the statement said.

The six sectors are hotel operators, travel and tourism agencies, shopping complexes, convention centres, theme parks and local airline offices.

TNB also said consumers in the peninsula will continue to enjoy the imbalanced cost pass-through (ICPT) rebate of two sen per kilowatt hour from July to December.

It added that for the both domestic and SME customer categories, the calculation of the Pemulih electricity bill discount is based on the total monthly usage from July 1 to September 30.

“TNB is taking the necessary steps to ensure the smooth implementation of these discounts. Therefore, consumers will see the discounts reflected in their electricity bills dated from July 15, 2021,” it said.

“For consumers who receive bills dated from July 1 to 14, the July discount will be included in the August bill.”

The company also informed that consumers who receive their bills in July will enjoy the discounts according to the number of days of use in the month with the discounts given after taking into account the ICPT rebate.

It said the discounts will start to be fully enjoyed in the August and September bills. – Bernama, July 1, 2021.