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Economy

Monthly Electricity Tariffs (Low Tension Tariffs), 2005 to Jun 2021

Data from Jan 2005 to Jun 2021

Last updated: 06 Jun 2024, 14:20 SGT

EMA (Energy Market Authority)

Notes: a. Low tension tariffs refers to electricity tariffs applicable for Households and non-Contestable Consumers. b. Rates are not inclusive of GST.

Notations:

nil, negligible or not applicable.

Data explorer

MonthlyElectricityTariffsLowTensionTariffs2005toJun2021.csv (198 rows, 2.5 KB)

Month Month (YYYY-MM)	Tariff Numeric
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
2005-01	16.7
2005-02	16.7
2005-03	16.7
2005-04	16.1
2005-05	16.1
2005-06	16.1
2005-07	18.3
2005-08	18.3
2005-09	18.3
2005-10	19.6

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Month	month	Month (YYYY-MM)	-	-
Tariff	tariff_cent_per_kwh	Numeric	cent/kWh	-

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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_02ab8363afcfd8a507679e5ba2738cd4"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Energy Market Authority. (2021). Monthly Electricity Tariffs (Low Tension Tariffs), 2005 to Jun 2021 (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved August 25, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_02ab8363afcfd8a507679e5ba2738cd4/view

About this dataset

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Created on

11 Dec 2021

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

EMA (Energy Market Authority)