Committee Reports > List of Committees > Joint > 1986 > Committee on Commercial State-Sponsored Bodies > Report No. 06 - Electricity Supply Board
PRICE INCREASES
1972 - 1986
MONTH
YEAR
TOTAL
BASIC RATE
FUEL COST VARIATION CHARGE
INDEX
July
1971
7.1%
-
100
June
1972
9.3%
109.3
May
1973
3.5%
113.13
January
1974
23.0%
10.0%
13.0%
139.14
February
11.3%
154.87
March
3.4%
160.13
April
6.2%
170.06
2.3%
173.97
August
11.4%
193.81
1975
13.9%
220.74
October
4.3%
230.24
1976
2.6%
236.22
4.6%
247.09
11.7%
276.00
1977
8.7%
300.01
307.81
(1.8%)
-1.8%
302.27
1978
(4.93%)
-4.93%
287.37
1979
19.5%
343.40
10.13%
378.19
1980
20.5%
455.72
19.55%
18.64%
0.91%
544.81
1981
25.44%
8.31%
17.13%
(incl. Surcharge)
683.41
1982
3.07%
704.39
1983
9.69%
772.65
November
1984
6.83%
825.42
1985
-1.45%
813.45
1986
2.70%
835.41
-2.87%
811.44
September
-2.25%
793.18