Electricity bills will be steep for businesses from 2023. Indeed, on December 12, 2022, the Director General of the Electricity Sector Regulatory Agency (Arsel) signed a "decision setting electricity tariffs."
Electricity in Cameroon
Electricity for medium voltage customers and the minimum tariff negotiation thresholds for so-called large account customers"will increase between 2023 and 2025.
For customers in the 0-0.05 MW segment, for example, whose number of hours of consumption varies from 0 to 200 hours, the electricity rate is set at 95 F per kWh between 11 p.m. and 6 p.m. and 125 F between 6 p.m. and 11 p.m.
Indeed, production could suddenly become unprofitable, especially for energy-intensive businesses. In addition, companies could pass on this increase in tariffs to the price of the final product intended for household consumption.
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According to some experts, this increase in electricity prices, which exclusively affects businesses, will have significant effects.
