Escom Malawi Tariffs 2024 - The latest prices on Electricity

Latest Escom Malawi Tariffs — Current Escom Tariffs

Hello everyone, on this page you will find the latest and most current Escom electricity charges which are official approved by the Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority(MERA).

What are Tariffs?

An Electricity tariff is how an energy provider like Escom Malawi charges a customer for the use of electricity.

The current cost of Electricity in Malawi

Tariff Code	Description	Type of Charge per month	Old Rate (Mk)	New Rate (Mk)
ET1	Domestic, Prepaid, Single Phase Supply	First 50 kWh Unit Charge	56	61.5
		Above 50 kWh Unit Charge	79.3	94
		Fixed Charge	Nil	Nil
ET2	Domestic, Postpaid, Single Phase supply	First 50 kWh Unit Charge	49.3	54.4
		Above 50 kWh Unit Charge	75.3	89
		Fixed Charge	5900	6900
ET3	Domestic, Prepaid, Three Phase Supply	Unit charge per kWh	113.2	133.5
ET3	Domestic, Prepaid, Three Phase Supply	Fixed Charge	Nil	Nil
ET4	Domestic, Postpaid, Three Phase Supply	Fixed Charge Unit Charge per kWh	14,100.00 109.65	16,600.00 129.40
ET5	General, Prepaid, Single Phase Supply	Unit charge per kWh	117.3	138.4
ET5	General, Prepaid, Single Phase Supply	Fixed Charge	Nil	Nil
ET6	General, Postpaid, Single Phase Supply	Fixed Charge	9400	11092
ET6	General, Postpaid, Single Phase Supply	Unit charge per kWh	112	132.15
ET7	General, Prepaid, Three Phase Supply	Unit charge per kWh	129.7	155.2
ET7	General, Prepaid, Three Phase Supply	Fixed Charge	Nil	Nil
ET8	General, Postpaid, Three Phase Supply	Fixed Charge	14100	16600
ET8	General, Postpaid, Three Phase Supply	Unit charge per kWh	119.1	143.5
ET9	Maximum Demand – Low Voltage Supply (Large power for industrial users, supplied at three phase supply and metered at 400 Volts)	Fixed Charge per Month	Nil	Nil
		On peak Unit charge per kWh	146.2	172.2
		Off peak Unit Charge per kWh	49.5	52.5
		Standard Unit Charge per kWh	49.5	72
		Capacity Charge per kVA based on the customer’s annual declared demand	6100	5000
		Demand Charge per kVA based on actual monthly demand reading	10600	12500
ET10	Maximum Demand – Medium Voltage Supply (Large power for industrial users, supplied at three phase supply and metered at 11 kV or 33 kV)	Fixed Charge per Month	Nil	Nil
		On peak Unit charge per kWh	142.65	168.5
		Off peak Unit Charge per kWh	47.15	49.8
		Standard Unit Charge per kWh	47.15	68.5
		Capacity Charge per kVA based on the customer’s annual declared demand	5500	4500
		Demand Charge per kVA based on actual monthly demand reading	10300	12200
ET11	Essential Service, Prepaid, Three Phase Supply, High Current Metering	Fixed Charge	Nil	Nil
ET11		Unit charge per kWh	135.6	160
ET12	Special Agriculture, Three Phase Supply	Demand Charge per kVA based on actual monthly demand reading		10500
		Standard Unit Charge per kWh		48.5
		On peak Unit charge per kWh		145
		Off peak Unit Charge per kWh		46.7
Standard, ON-Peak and Off-Peak Hrs for large power users