‘Blue’ power rates gain traction

As consumers struggle to find which set of power rates is ideal for them out of the "green," "blue," "yellow" and "orange" categories to be introduced from January 1, blue tariffs appear to be beating the green and yellow floating tariff.

The blue ones have the strategic advantage of fixed kilowatt-hour billing and freeing consumers from the headache of searching for the cheapest tariff.

Former state monopoly PPC was the first to pave the way for competition in blue rates by adjusting the price of a KWh from 28 cents and 29.5 cents in its two fixed tariffs (myHomeEnter and myHome OnLine) to 17.9 cents, just 2 cents higher than initial KWh billing rate on its green tariff.

PPC's move is expected to be followed by its private competitors in the coming days by making available on the market blue tariffs at competitive prices.

Private suppliers, large and...