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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Caribbean Electricity Tariff Report for September 2015, published by the CARILEC Secretariat, sets out the disaggregated
typical electricity bills for the main classes of consumers, and other pertinent data for 10 CARILEC Full Member electric utilities that
have participated in the survey.
The typical electricity bills are indicative of the relevant electricity tariffs across the key classes of electricity consumers in the wider
Caribbean region. The service classification (residential, commercial, industrial, and other) of Caribbean electricity consumers is
determined by each utility and is based on various criteria such as: the demand levels, distribution voltage, rate schedules, accounting
methods, end-use applications, and other social and economic characteristics. The tariff structure/components (the number and nature
of the charges applicable to customers) for each class of service differ somewhat across island states.
Amid some significant and wide-ranging challenges, Caribbean electric utilities have been exploring and implementing strategies to
enable the fulfillment of their responsibility to negate the impacts of high electricity costs to the consumers, and to provide electricity
to the Caribbean people in a sustainable, reliable and cost effective manner.
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