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A row of steel lattice electricity pylons carrying power lines across a rural landscape during dawn.

Stable power tariffs extend into second quarter amid balanced pressures

Electricity Regulatory Authority maintains power tariffs for second quarter, citing balanced exchange rate and fuel cost pressures
The Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited's service centre in Masaka town.
Electricity Regulatory Authority

Regulator holds power tariffs steady despite shilling’s weakness

Electricity Regulatory Authority maintains Q1 2026 tariffs as lower oil prices offset shilling depreciation in quarterly adjustment
A hand holding a Umeme 'Hexing' to the camera. The distributor uses both Hexing and Conlog for its metres.
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Understanding your electricity bill: how power tariffs for domestic consumers work

Electricity Regulatory Authority breaks down Q1 2026 tariffs for domestic consumers, including lifeline rates, cooking discounts, and service charges
Umeme Limited employees and officials from the Electricity Regulatory Authority of Uganda inspect a power station

Regulator raises Umeme electricity tariffs

The electricity sector regulator said it had increased domestic tariffs for electricity supplied by Umeme Limited by 2.7 per cent in the second quarter, and overall tariffs by an average of 2.5 per cent
A row of steel lattice electricity pylons carrying power lines across a rural landscape during dawn.

Electricity prices drop by 1.6%

Electricity tariffs to be charged by Umeme for the first three months of the year reduce by an average of 1.6 per cent
Electricity plugs on a wall, and phone chargers, in an interior setting

Electricity tariffs remain unchanged for the 4th quarter

The appreciation of the Ugandan shilling against the US dollar offset increases in core consumer prices and global crude oil prices, resulting in no adjustment to electricity tariffs in Q4 2023
Men operating welding machinery

Energy bills to fall as regulator lowers tariffs

Energy bills for consumers supplied by Umeme Limited will fall in the second quarter to reflect a reduction in international fuel prices, according to a schedule published by the regulator
Umeme Limited's service centre in Jinja

Umeme posts record revenue growth in 2019

Umeme Limited said on Monday that revised tariff performance parameters negotiated with the regulator helped soften the impact of weak performances in the second and third quarters of 2019, with the company's results boosted further by reining in costs
A man using a computer

ERA cuts electricity tariffs for first three months of 2020

The price of electricity is set to fall for consumers supplied by Umeme Limited in the first three months of 2020 after the regulator, the Electricity Regulatory Authority, lowered retail tariffs

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5 October 2019

Electricity tariffs drop for fifth consecutive quarter

Electricity prices have fallen for the fifth consecutive quarter, thanks to a decline in international crude oil prices, according to a tariff schedule released by the Electricity Regulatory Authority

13 June 2019

#SaveMurchisonFalls: Is Bonang Power taking us for a ride?

Bonang Power, the South African company that says it intends to construct a 360MW hydropower dam near Murchison Falls, does not fit the profile of a firm capable of carrying out such a project

Murchison Falls
11 April 2019

Slight drop in Q2 2019 electricity prices

Domestic consumers will pay about Shs9 less for each each unit of electricity supplied by Umeme Limited in the second quarter of 2019 compared to the first three months of the year

Electricity pylons
11 July 2018

Weak shilling drives rise in energy prices, but not for extra-large industries

Power prices for the third quarter of this year have gone up slightly due to the shilling's weakness against the US dollar, a tariff schedule released by the Electricity Regulatory Authority shows

Electricity Transformers
8 April 2018

Power prices for second quarter of 2018 fall slightly

Electricity tariffs to be charged by Umeme from April to June will reduce slightly following favourable changes in the dispatch of generation plants

An electricity poll
2 January 2018

ERA increases power tariffs for first three months of 2018

Power consumers will pay slightly more in the first three months of 2018 compared to the previous quarter following an increase in end-user tariffs by the Electricity Regulatory Authority

6 October 2017

Slight reduction in Q4 power tariffs

Electricity consumers will pay less for power in the last three months of 2017, according to a tariff schedule released by the regulator

Electricity pylons
29 September 2017

Umeme reports first half loss on provision for accrued revenues

Umeme Limited, Uganda's largest power distributor, reported a loss in the first half due to impairment provisions for accrued amounts from the government

7 July 2017

Electricity prices to fall further in third quarter

Power prices are to reduce for the second consecutive quarter due to a stronger shilling and lower fuel prices, according to a tariff schedule released by the Electricity Regulatory Authority

An electricity poll
9 April 2017

Electricity prices down 1.5% in second quarter

Umeme, the power distributor, will reduce the prices of electricity by 1.5% in the second quarter of 2017, in line with a tariff adjustment by the Electricity Regulatory Authority.