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Electricity prices: The foundations of the announced 10% decrease

Auteur: Youssouf SANE

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Prix de l'électricité : Les soubassements de la baisse annoncée de 10%

The Senegalese government has decided to reduce electricity prices by 10%. This measure will take effect on January 1st. But how did the government manage to achieve this reduction during this period of significant budgetary uncertainty?

The Prime Minister had instructed the establishment of a committee to explore the feasibility of a price reduction. Then, within this committee, the Ministries of Energy and Finance worked to identify potential savings and efficiency improvements at Senelec. The company was incurring losses of over 100 billion CFA francs annually on its network. And that's where the work began.

“Senelec has already taken initial steps to reduce its losses. As a result, 6 billion CFA francs have been saved and allocated to the social tariff, which is now 85 CFA francs thanks to a 6 CFA franc reduction per kilowatt,” revealed the Minister of Finance. His remarks are reported in the report of the Finance and Budget Control Committee.

Thus, the reduction in electricity prices will take effect on January 1st, according to the Minister of Energy, Petroleum, and Mines. Households consuming between 0 and 150 kWh were billed at 91.1 CFA francs per kWh. "The proposal is to lower this to 82 CFA francs per kWh, representing a 10% decrease," stated Birame Souleye Diop during the session on current affairs.

For low-power professionals, who consume between 0 and 50 kWh, they were billed at 163.8 CFA francs per kWh. "Under the current measure, it will decrease to 147.4 CFA francs, representing a 10% reduction," the minister stated last Friday.

Auteur: Youssouf SANE
Publié le: Lundi 01 Décembre 2025

Commentaires (4)

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    Nahaté il y a 1 heure

    En janvier il fera froid, donc moins de consommation.

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    Aamx il y a 1 heure

    l'Arnaque c'est de baisser le prix du kilowatt heure pour la tranche sociale tout en baissant l'amplitude de cette tranche sociale.
    En quelques sorte reprendre par la main gauche ce qu'on a donné par la main droite

    Avec ce régime il faut rester vigilant (trop de manipulation)

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    Tia il y a 1 heure

    Vraiment Aamix tu es inintelligent. Ya trop de types comme toi sur le net qui meritent d etre verses dans la poubelle

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    Aamx il y a 1 heure

    @Tia
    si tu n'as pas les neurones requises pour comprendre mes propos ce n'est pas de ma faute.
    si tu fais partie des manipulateurs, tes insultes sont des compliments pour moi

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