3 bedrooms in Cabarete
No A/C's, pool, washing machine, water pump, micro wave and 3 fridges etc. 12 battery bank and Trace inverter.
If you consume less than 700 kWh then you pay the rates as shown by Grahame above.
If you use more than 700 kWh per month then you pay the Full rate of RD$ 7.9 on the whole amount!
So if you were to use 699 kWh then you would be charged:
31 days fixed charge = RD$ 100.14
200 kWh @ 2.87 = RD$ 574.00
100 kWh @ 3.62 = RD$ 362.00
399 kWh @ 6.26 = RD$ 2,497.74
TOTAL = RD$ 3,533.88
BUT ... if you used 701 kWh then you would be charged:
31 days fixed charge = RD$ 100.14
701 kWh @ 7.90 = RD$ 5,537.90
TOTAL = RD$ 5,638.04
I also believe, from past experience, that the new increases may very well not be as Grahame has calculated? It will probably be the first 200 kWh rate of 2.87 and then a totally new rate with the 30% increase on anything used over this ceiling, and you can bet that the new rate will be somewhere in the region of RD$ 6.26! AND - if you're over 700 kWh then you'll probably be paying RD$ 7.90 x 30% = RD$ 10.27 per kWh for the WHOLE AMOUNT! Scarey stuff?
Just for info - my monthly consumptions since last Nov have been:
kWh used: 635, 602, 648, 653, 676, 785, 658, 690, 520, 715, 477, and this month 639 kWh.
PS: I run my pool pump at least 3-4 hours per day.