Question

1. Given the Jamaica Public Service's information below, determine the basic charge for a residential customer who uses 158 KWH for the month of March 2018. [6 marks The Jamaica Public Service charges $9.59 for the first 100KWH used and $22.33 for energy consumed over 100 KWH. Additionally, if you are a residential customer who uses more than 150 KWH of electricity, the standard General Consumption Tax (GCT) of 16.5% is applied to that portion of the bill that exceeds 150 KWH.

Answer 1

	First 100 KWH		$9.59
	After 100 KWH		$22.33
	Charges for first 100		9.59*100
	Charges for first 100		$     959.00
	Charges for 101 to 150		50*22.33
	Charges for 101 to 150		$ 1,116.50
	Charges for 151 to 158		8*22.33
	Charges for 151 to 158		$     178.64
	GCT		16.50%
	GCT		$        29.48
	total charges		$ 2,254.14
	GCT		$        29.48
	total bill amount		$ 2,283.62