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Electricity
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connection
fee
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$55
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tariff
per kilowatt hour
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0.60
for non-domestic
0.50 to 0,72 for domestic
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Effective from 15 November 2001, the
Electric Power Corporation (EPC) has changed the way it
charges its customers for electricity. An automatic review
of the price of electricity will be made very six months.
When the price of electricity will be adjusted up or down if
the price movements of fuel bought by EPC exceeds 3 percent.
To help the low income customers, a "Lifeline" price scheme
has been introduced for domestic customers which is as
follows
Charge of 50 sene per unit if consumes between 1 to 5 KWH
units
Charge of 60 sene per unit if consumes between 51 to 200KWH
units
Charge of 72 sene per unit if consume in excess of 201 KWH
units
The non-domestic consumers which include Industrial,
Commercial and Religious organisations,hotels,Schools and
Hospitals will be charged a price of 60 sene per KWH unit.
The minimum charge of $15 per customer has been
abolished and customers will be charged based on their
actual consumption.
The 10 percent discount will be phased out over two
stages.The first phase of reducing the discount to 5 percent
has started from 15 November 2001 and there will be discount
as from 15 November 2002.
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Water & Sewage
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water
connection fee ($)
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$10
payable at application,
$90
payable after survey
+
$500 if main road has to be cut (town area)
or
$250 if main road has to be cut (rural area)
metered
amounts 12 sene per unit (1 cubic meter per day) minimum to $1.40
per unit (commercial rate for 25 cubic meters per day)
Flat
rate of $12 per month for unmetered areas
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sewage
clearance fee
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$
165.00 (commercial)
$
71.50 (domestic)
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Telephone
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installation
fee ($)
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50.00
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line/equipment
rental rate ($) per year
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396.00
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rate
per local call to local call (within Apia radius)
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0.12
per pulse
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rate
per local call to national call (Savaii/ outer Upolu radius)
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0.20
per pulse
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rate
per local call to cell phone
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0.12
per pulse
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long
distance rates ($) per minute
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Japan
(Tokyo)
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4.50
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USA
(Los Angeles)
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4.50
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United
Kingdom (London)
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4.50
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Australia
(Sydney)
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3.00
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New
Zealand (Auckland)
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3.00
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Singapore
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4.50
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Neighbouring
Island countries
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Tonga
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3.00
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Fiji
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3.00
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Papua
New Guinea
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3.00
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Vanuatu
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3.00
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Marshall
Islands
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3.00
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Tuvalu
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3.00
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Kiribati
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3.00
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Federated
States of Micronesia
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3.00
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Solomon
Islands
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3.00
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Cook
Islands
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3.00
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Nauru
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3.00
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Palau
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4.50
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Mobile Phones
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Start
Up Fee
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137.50
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Access
Fee
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33.00
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Local
Call Usage Fee per minute (7 am – 6 pm)
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0.33
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Local
Call Usage Fee per minute (7 am – 6 pm)
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0.22
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Overseas
Call Usage Fee per minute (Pacific)
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3.30
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Overseas
Call Usage Fee per minute (Elsewhere)
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4.95
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