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I know similar questions have been asked about this, but...
After living for 6 months in my flat, I've discovered that we're paying 3-5 times what most other people we know pay for electricity. The bill has us paying 2200 VND per unit.
I asked my landlord and she said it's because the government applies the rate for business and service to our building.
So, two questions:
1) Is 2200 per unit the business rate?
2) Our last bill had us paying for something like 600 units - is that normal? We've looked at the meter they assigned us and it seems to be going up much faster compared to all the other meters. (5 days out of the week we're gone most of the day, but we watch a fair amount of TV and use the AC occasionally.)
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answered about 9 months ago by dangchi
Hi, 1. if your landlord declare her business, the bill will be 2200 VND per unit. You can check it if the bill is from government seal. 2. 600 units are so high.
answered about 9 months ago by ngocha_ftu
600 units are too high
answered about 9 months ago by sincefeelingisfirst
are you turning off your hot water heater when you leave? I wasnt and my bill was crazy high also!
answered about 5 months ago by wesmo7583
My landlord is telling me that EVN raised their rate over the last 3 months and the new commercial rate they pay is now 3,400 per kWh. I don't really believe this and have told them that I need to see the documentation. I just wanted to know if anyone knows for sure what the commercial rate is. Thanks.
answered about 5 months ago by bobthebob01
yes hot water tank is good to shut down during the day if possible. It does not hurt for sure. Aircon are very power hungry, but if you don't run them much you should not have a high bill. One of the best thing to do it is to shut down everything in your place, and i mean switch off the fuse box in your place if you can or literally unplug all appliance, TV, computer... as they still suck juice when in idle mode. Then check if your counter still turns. it should not. You could see if you are also paying for someone else which is a classic here. if you do it at night it will be even more obvious. it happen to me but with the water, i was paying for the water of my landlord before. And in the previous house i was paying for the house next door using all aircon in the house all day long; until i told EVN there was something wrong and realized they inverted the bills. FYI: If you file a complain to EVN they have to send someone to check this. Not the best option but sends a message to the landlord. Last recourse if you are sure someone is using your counter, a bit nasty but my friend gave me that idea: you unplug everything in your place, and create a major shortcut in your fuse box, if someone is on the same circuit, you'll blow everything is their place. And of course they won't be able to complain about this and you'll know who that is!!! nasty, no? LOL
answered about 5 months ago by Atomic
That's way too high. Mine averages ~250 in summer, which I think is too much. You're obviously paying someone elses bill.
Hey what about my questions?????
sorry wesmo7583, dunno the answer. But one thing does not make sense to me: why would you pay commercial rate. As far as i know there is commercial and residential. Event though renting house and having a building is somewhat a business: You are still living in a residential apartment or house, right? Or are you living in a shop? :) So why would you pay commercial rate?
answered about 5 months ago by jestert79
Well, there is an office downstairs, so that could be it. I dunno. All I know is I'm outta here in a month and a half and it doesn't matter too much to me anymore. (Yeah, I know this attitude can encourage people to rip foreigners off.)
answered about 5 months ago by Finnmaccool
Just checked last month's bill and the rate is 1560 per unit - our landlord is a great guy and we pay the standard domestic rate. Not sure what you can do about getting ripped for "business" rate. We are private individuals after all!!!!
One of the major problem here is that laws are not reinforced. But one thing for sure and this come from a reliable source, foreigners pays or are supposed to pay the same rate as Vietnamese. This law has been passed a few years ago (more than 5 years ago if i remember correctly). The same with Airline ticket with Vietnamairline, it used to be more expensive if you were foreigner, but not anymore. So if that argument comes up, need to ask to see the proof.
answered about 5 months ago by Vietlonghousing
If you rent for residence, you should pay: 550 vnd / Unit for the first 100 KWH 1110 vnd / unit for next 50 KWH 1470 vnd / unit for next 50 kwh 1600 vnd / unit for next 100 kwh 1720 vnd / unt for next 100 khw 1780 vnd / unit for next .... If you rent a place to do business, the rates is double. Hope this help!
Thanks for your input. I made my landlord give me a coy of the official bill the electricity company sent them and low and behold all of a sudden the rate was back down to 1738/kwh after 10% VAT. So yeah, they were definitely trying to swindle the boy.
