00:01Domestic consumers will now enjoy electricity bill subsidies for monthly usage of up to
00:07800 kilowatt-hours, up from 600 kilowatt-hours, until December 31.
00:13Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said the move was aimed at easing cost-of-living
00:19pressures, particularly as haze and hot weather had increased electricity use among some households.
00:25Under the measure, consumers using up to 800 kilowatt-hours a month will be exempted from
00:31the Automatic Fuel Cost Adjustment Retail Charges and Sales and Service Tax .
00:38Anwar, who is also Finance Minister, said the government would continue monitoring fuel
00:43costs and energy market conditions to balance affordability, supply security and the sustainability
00:49of the energy sector.
00:50He also thanked Tenaga National Burhad, the Energy Transition and Water Transformation
00:56Ministry and the Energy Commission for facilitating the measure.
01:00Anwar earlier chaired a special meeting at the Finance Ministry on measures to ease the
01:05impact of higher electricity bills on households.
01:08The AFA, introduced on July 1, 2025, replaced the imbalance cost pass-through mechanism and
01:16is adjusted monthly based on fuel prices.
01:18As
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