The Electricity Control Board (ECB) has announced that electricity tariffs for the 2024–2025 period will remain unchanged until June 2025.

This decision comes as part of the government's subsidy programme aimed at lessening the financial impact on consumers.

The Electricity Control Board (ECB) has declared that it is against the law for local authorities to block pre-paid meters due to arrears.

This statement follows complaints received by the Board regarding the blocking of pre-paid meters by local authorities for unpaid municipal accounts.

Cenored has proposed an increment from N$1.40 to N$1.46 per kilowatt hour on the overall tariff.

Consumers are expected to fork out more from their pockets for electricity as of July 1st, as the Electricity Control Board (ECB) approved an 8% bulk tariff increment. 

This means the current N$1.98 kilowatts per hour has now increased to N$2.14 kilowatts per hour for the 2024–2025 financial period.

Electricity tariffs are increasing at a rate higher than inflation, which worsens the economic situation for Namibians.

The Electricity Control Board (ECB) yesterday announced an increase in electricity tariffs, effective this month, and consumers are already feeling the pinch.

The Electricity Control Board (ECB) has approved an increase of 8.7% for NamPower bulk electricity tariffs, effective this month. That raises the tariff from N$1.82 to N$1.99 per kilowatt-hour.

The NamPower tariffs only impact 70% of distribution costs, with 30% being costs related to different licences.

The Electricity Control Board (ECB) wants to activate a power outage reporting mechanism for all stakeholders at Rundu in the Kavango East Region.

The reporting mechanism will ensure that the ECB does not rely on power generators and distributors for scheduled and unplanned outages.