Prudent consumers of electricity paid less than four percent more for their power in the last 12 months, whereas high-end consumers paid nearly 18 percent more.
If you live inland in Jalisco and you’re a greedy electricity user, you probably fall into the CFE’s most costly tariff bracket, known as DAC or Domestic High Consumption. As of this month you are paying 3.722 pesos per kilowatt hour (KWH).
That represents an accumulated increase of 17.7 percent over the past 12 months, and a 2.5 percent rise since November.
Households consuming less than 400 KWH per two-month period are charged reduced rates – on a sliding scale – thanks to partial government subsidies.
Those using less than 140 KWH each period pay the lowest rates – currently 0.733 centavos per KWH for the first 75KWH used, representing an increase of 3.4 percent in the past year. (The CFE charges the next 76 to 140KWH at a rate of 0.888 centavos per KWH, an increase of 4.2 percent in the past 12 months.
To get an idea of how much electricity we consume on a daily basis, one KWH is the amount of energy needed to operate ten 100-watt light bulbs for one hour.
Industries have faced an even heavier burden this year, with electricity costs for the more economical horario base or night shift (midnight to 6 a.m.) rising by 36.9 percent, including a whopping 4.6-percent hike this month.
Analysts suggest electricity costs will continue to increase accordingly in the coming year.
To learn more about CFE tariffs, go to www.cfe.gob.mx/casa/ConocerTarifa/Paginas/Conocetutarifa.aspx.