Introduction

Tariff is a scale of payment rate for electrical energy

usage

Type of tariff is depend to power usage:
1. Block rate tariff (tarif campuran) – domestic use
2. Flat rate tariff (tarif berasingan)
3. Two parts tariff (tarif 2 bahagian)

Block rate tariff scale follow a certain rate without
differentiate between light and power usage.
Payment rate

Block rate tariff (per month):

100 unit first : RM0.20

900 unit next: RM0.23

Every unit next: RM0.26

Flat rate tariff (per month)

For light (every unit): RM0.20

For power (every unit): RM0.15
Example of problem
Question:
A shop use 1500 unit a month where 400 unit for lighting
circuit and 1100 unit for power circuit.
Calculate the cost of the energy by using:
a) Block rate tariff
b) Flat rate tariff
Example of problem (cont.)
Answer:

Use Block Rate Tariff:
i) 100 unit 1st: 100 x RM0.20 = RM20.00
ii) 900 unit next: 900 x RM0.23 = RM207.00
iii) every unit extra: 500 x RM0.26 = RM130.00

Therefore, total is RM357.00

Example of problem (cont.)
Answer:

Use Flat Rate Tariff:
i) For light: 400 x RM0.20 = RM80.00
ii) For power: 1100 x RM0.15 = RM165.00

Therefore, total is RM245.00 only!

Between (a) and (b), there are different about RM112 per
month! And which one is nice to you?
Power factor

What is power factor?

Is difference cosine between current and voltage.

This happened when there are inductance load in the
circuit. As an example, choke of fluorescent lamp or
motor.

If the value of power factor is lower, then the cost is
higher!

The minimum power factor permitted by TNB is 0.85.
Power factor (cont.)

How to repair the power factor?

1. Put in capacitor in the circuit
2. Use simultaneously motor (motor segerak)