Green Electricity Tariff (get)
To enable electricity consumers to reduce their carbon footprint in electricity consumption, the government has introduced the Green Electricity Tariff (get) to offer low carbon electricity supply to all consumers. Customers with get subscription will pay Normal tariff for monthly electricity consumption PLUS get blocks subscription.
Green Electricity Tariff (get)
- get Programme is introduced as an option to enable electricity consumers to reduce their carbon footprint in electricity consumption.
- With the implementation of get Programme, the consumers will have an option to purchase low carbon electricity supply without having to install their own solar rooftop or other renewable energy installations.
- get Programme is offered to all consumers and they may opt to subscribe to get Programme in 100 kWh blocks for Residential and 1000 kWh blocks for Non-Residential at the rate of 3.7 sen/kWh.
- Consumers enrolled in get programme will received internationally recognized REC after the end of calendar year.
How This Affects Your Business
- Subscribing to get Programme enable your companies to meet Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) commitments as well as reduce the carbon footprint of electricity consumption.
- get Programme also enable your companies to enhance the image of the organization through the use of environmentally friendly green electricity.
- Your purchase of green energy supports growth of the renewable energy industry instead of electricity produced from natural gas or coal-fired power plants.
Eligibility
- get Programme is to be made available as an option to all consumer categories.
- The renewable energy resources for get Programme is generated by solar power plants under the Large-Scale Solar (LSS) Programme and TNB's and/or its subsidiary’s hydropower stations and any other renewable energy plants which may be approved by the Commission from time to time.
- The total subscription of get Quota of all of get Consumer must not exceed the get Quota as published on mGATS website (www.mgats.com.my) and TNB’s website.
Additional Requirements
- All consumers who wish to enroll for get must enter into Green Electricity Tariff Agreement.
- get Consumers will be on e-mail billing.
- The subscription period for get programme is for 1 year.
- Consumers may opt to increase subscription quota at anytime during subscription period. For reduction or termination, consumers may apply before the end of the subscription period.
get Billing
- Consumers who opt for get subscriptions will pay:
- Normal tariff as per the Tariff Schedule; and
- get for the blocks of Green Energy they have subscribed at the rate of 3.7 sen/kWh
- Monthly get billing will be based on get subscription or consumer's actual consumption whichever is lower.
- Example for billing calculation when electricity consumption of get Consumer is more than its subscription of green energy:
Example 1:
Electricity consumption = 800,000 kWh
get subscription = 100,000 kWh
Below is an illustration for the calculation of the sum payable by the Consumer:
- Example for billing calculation when electricity consumption of the get Consumer is less than its subscription of green energy:
Example 2:
Electricity consumption = 50,000 kWh
get subscription = 100,000 kWh
Below is an illustration for the calculation of the sum payable by the Consumer
Subscription
Customers may apply through myTNB starting 1st December 2021.
Additional Information
For any enquiry please call TNB Careline at 1300-88-5454 or visit our nearest Kedai Tenaga.
