Fixed price :
Monthly fee of Meters:
Saudi Electricity Company charges a constant monthly amount based on the capacity of
breakers. Each month, the company charges this amount due to meter reading, meter
maintenance and bill preparation. As the following table:
Capacity of breaker (Ampere)
Meter reading, meter maintenance and
bill preparation fee (Riyals)
20 ≤ breaker capacity < 100
10
100 ≤ breaker capacity < 200
15
200 ≤ breaker capacity < 300
21
300 ≤ breaker capacity < 400
22
400
25
More than 400
30
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Current Prices :
Case 1) Table shows segments of consumption by categories of service :
Consumption Residential Commercial Governmental Agricultural Charities
(Halalah)
(Halalah)
(Halalah)
(Halalah)
(Halalah)
Categories
kwh
1-1000
5
5
5
2000-1001
5
5
5
3000-2001
10
10
10
4000-3001
10
10
10
5000-4001
12
10
10
6000-5001
12
12
12
7000-6001
15
12
12
8000-7001
20
12
12
9000-8001
22
12
12
10000-9001
24
12
12
More than
10000
26
12
12
12
20
26
26
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Case 2) Electricity Tariff for the Industrial Consumption Category, Private
Educational Facilities, Private Medical Facilities :
Seasonal Tariff
Consumption
Period
(The Electromechanical
Meters Private Educational
Facilities, Private Medical
Facilities)
Consumption
Time
Tariff
VariableTariff
(Digital Meters)
Consumption
Time
(Halalah /
kwh)
1st Oct –
30th April
All Times
12 (Ordinary
Customers)
14 (Major
Customers)
1st May –
30th
September
All Times
15
Tariff
(Halalah /
kwh)
All Times
Out of Peak
Time
Sat – Thurs:
12
10
00:00 – 08:00
Friday:
00:00 – 09:00
21:00 – 00:00
In Peak Time
Sat –
Thurs: – 17:00
12:00
Other Times
26
15
Inefficient Energy Consumption Tariff :
1. Any consumer of electricity classified within the industrial, governmental
consumption or commercial consumption, and whose contractual load is over one mega
volt ampere (1 MVA), should adhere to the minimum electr ical power factor of (0.85).
2. Inefficient Energy Consumption tariff applied at (5) Halalas per every additional
(K.Var.H.), when the monthly consumption of the ineffective power exceeds (62%) of the
effective power consumption (power factor coefficient is less than 0.85).
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Case 3) Time Of Use (TOU) Tariff for Commercial :
Time Of Use (TOU) tariff for commercial is optionally applied to the commercial
customers as follows :
1. (17 Halalas) off-peak times, and (65 Halalas) within peak times. Peak time is defined
(from 12:00 noon until 5:00 afternoon), Saturday through Thursday, and will be applied
as of May until September (i.e. five months a year).
2. This tariff is subject to an annual reevaluation process.
Case 4) Electricity Tariff for the Temporary Meters :
Consumption Categories (kwh)
(Halalah )
1-2000
2001-4000
12
4001-6000
6001-7000
20
7001-8000
8001-9000
9001-10000
26
More than 10000
4
5
No
Title
Description
1
Account Number
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Due Amount
It is the reference number for all bills issued by the company to each customer. All financial processes related to
the customer are registered in it. Examples are bill issuance, reconciliations, payments, connection fees, and
meter insurance amount. The customer’s account number facilitates easy access to information about any dues
(to/from him), advance payment amount, average value of the monthly consumption, bills’ history, disconnection
notices, number of actual disconnections, and the source of other information about the customer or his meter.
It is the amount due for the cost of electric energy consumption, meter service fee, and the previous balance (if
any) which must be paid by the customer.
It is the date specified by the company within which to pay the bill, either at the company offices or at the banks
so that the paid amounts will no longer appear in the next bill.
It is listed in case of "no-commitment" by the customer to pay the bill on payment due date printed on it; the
electric service is disconnected partially until the amount is paid to the company.
Customer is notified of service disconnection date due to nonpayment of bill
Payment Deadline
3
4
5
6
7
Electricity Disconnection
Date
Disconnection
Notification Service
Breaker Capacity
It is the endurance of the switch that controls the load connected to the customer’s meter which
automatically disconnects the current once the load exceeds what is permitted for the customer or at the time of
breakdowns in order to protect the network of the company and the customer.
Coefficient
It is a number used for the calculation of the amount of power consumption and it is particularly for
meters with power transformers. The consumption is calculated using the following formula: (Present reading Previous reading) x Multiplier.
Consumption Quantity
It is the actual amount of electric energy consumed measured in kilowatt hour (kWh).
Total Consumption
Consumption value
(Amount)
Meter service
The total amount of customer's electric energy consumption for one meter or more.
It represents the amount due in Saudi Riyal calculated by multiplying each segment of tariff in Halalah by the
amount of electric energy consumption in kWh.
The company charges appropriate fixed amounts for each specific breaker capacity installed in the subscriber’s
estate against the reading and maintenance of the meter and billing in accordance with the resolution of the
Council of Ministers
Current Cycle Dues
It is the payable value for the consumption of the present period added to the meter service (meter charges)
tariff.
Previous Balance
Awareness messages
It is the amount due which remained unpaid until the issuance date of the current bill
awareness messages and guidelines directed to customers of Saudi Electricity Company
The Start and the End of
the Cycle
Inquiry Telephone
It is the time period (from/to) during which the actual consumption (kWh) took place.
It is an audio inquiry system in both Arabic and English languages for service request and electricity bills
Emergency Telephone
Receives phone calls round-the-clock and handles requests related to power interruptions due to nonpayment of
the bills, disconnection, and reconnection of the electric current as per subscriber’s request. Receives
calls/reports from the general public as regards power interruption, burned out power meters and electrical
equipment, and handles request when coordination with the Civil Defense Directorate is needed when a fire
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Consumption Rate
breaks out.
Consumption rates are classified into different categories and each category has a special tariff rate.
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Additional Bill Details
Detailed data for electrical service
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