TNB: ST’s AFA charge for Jan 2026 set at -4.99 sen/kWh

Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) has said that the Automated Gasoline Adjustment (AFA) charge for the month of January 2026 is -4.99 sen/kWh from -6.42 sen/kWh in December 2025. The AFA, which is ready by the Power Fee (ST), replaces the earlier Imbalance Price Cross-By means of (ICPT) and is mechanically calculated as both a surcharge or low cost of as much as 3 sen/kWh relying on gasoline costs – that is revised month-to-month, with any bigger modifications (past 3 sen) requiring cupboard approval.

Launched as a part of TNB’s Electrical energy Tariff Restructuring that took impact from July 1, 2025the AFA is considered one of 5 parts or “fees” used to calculate your electrical energy invoice. Right here’s the overview:

• Era cost: 27.03 sen/kWh for complete consumption of 1,500 kWh and beneath per 30 days or 37.03 sen/kWh for complete consumption greater than 1,500 kWh per 30 days. This covers the precise value of producing electrical energy from energy vegetation.
• Capability cost: 4.55 sen/kWh. This covers the price of sustaining adequate electrical energy provide capability.
• Community cost: 12.85 sen/kWh. This covers the price of working and sustaining the grid and the native community to ship electrical energy.
• Retail cost: RM10/month; waived for complete consumption of 600 kWh and beneath a month. This can be a fastened value for metering, billing and customer support.
• AFA charge: -4.99 sen for the month of January 2026; waived for complete consumption of 600 kWh and beneath a month.

You need to use our TNB Invoice Calculator device to get a tough estimate on how a lot your electrical energy invoice can be for the month. Basically, should you use over 1,500 kWh a month, you add the technology, capability and community fees (totalling 54.43 sen/kWh) to retail cost (RM10) and the AFA charge (-4.99 sen/kWh low cost for January 2026).

Alternatively, in case your utilization is beneath 1,500 kWh a month, it’s 44.43 sen/kWh plus the retail cost and AFA charge. For complete consumption of 600 kWh and beneath a month, it will solely be 44.43 sen/kWh – retail and AFA fees are waived.

Right here’s a listing of the month-to-month AFA charges to date:

• July 2025: 0.00 sen/kWh
• August 2025: -1.45 sen/kWh
• September 2025: -1.10 sen/kWh
• October 2025: -6.50 sen/kWh
• November 2025: -8.91 sen/kWh
• December 2025: -6.42 sen/kWh
• January 2026: -4.99 sen/kWh

Home shoppers who use lower than 1,000 kWh a month can get pleasure from a reduction known as ‘Power Effectivity Incentive’ or ‘Power Effectivity Incentive’. The low cost offered is relative to consumption (the extra the utilization, the lesser the motivation), with the utmost low cost being 25 sen/kWh.

Home customers which have sensible meters even have choice to enter the Time of Use (ToU) scheme, permitting them to vary their electrical energy utilization sample and make the most of decrease tariff charge throughout off-peak hours to get pleasure from financial savings on their month-to-month invoice.

The scheme has two time zones, with off-peak timings being from 10pm to 2pm from Monday to Friday and all through the day (24 hours) for weekends. Peak hours are from 2pm to 10pm on weekdays. Listed here are the power fees below this scheme:

For utilization of 1,500 kWh and beneath per 30 days

• Peak tariff: 28.52 sen per kWh
• Off-peak tariff: 24.43 sen per kWh

For utilization above 1,500 kWh per 30 days

• Peak tariff: 38.52 sen per kWh
• Off-peak tariff: 34.43 sen per kWh

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