What does Electric Cost in Cairo Egypt-update for 2010

I have updated this post as found the actual electric bill calculation on the Electric Company Website (I did not know existed), The calculation is shown below. It's a bit confusing but easy if you work through. My graph after this sheet shows the total rate, for various consumption rates. Also I found a portal that claims one can pay the electric bill online - which I will try but you need someone who reads Arabic as site is only in local language. I'll post the results after going through the exercise. Note: you can click on the images below to enlarge for readability.

 

If you have, or thinking about a commercial business that uses lots electricity, then pay attention to thee rates below compared to residential

Electric rates increased 25% from 2008 to 2009. Electric man told us it would increase again this year (2010) by 35% but so far have not seen this.  Of course such information is not distributed to the public - such increases just happen out of the blue. Click on pic to enlarge. Note: the higher the usage the higher the unit rate and thus your bill.

If don't know how to read the electric bill, cause you don't know Egyptian numbers, see my previous post (link).

For newbies coming to Cairo - the monthly cost for electric is obviously dependent on your situation. AC's are standard and mostly required for comfort in summer. Some heating is required in winter. A family of four in large 250m2 apartment with 6 AC's can plan to spend a range between 500LE during fall and spring to 2000 LE/month during summer Quite a range as during hot months it really depends on how much you use AC's and how efficient they are.

A quirk that folks need to realize is when man delivers electric bill, he will take meter reading. So bill you pay is not for month your in but one previous. For instance you receive a bill Nov 15th. The bill is really for billing period Sept 15 to Oct 15th.

Warning - Egypt does not have an electrical grounding system for residences. Seriously consider to install "Earth Fault Leakage Detector" in your main fuse box.