A draft amendment to the Electricity Law proposes time-of-use household electricity pricing with peak, off-peak and normal hours, to be introduced when technical conditions allow, but regulators have not yet set specific hours or rates. For the same usage, households that use most power in the evening may pay more, while those that shift washing, water heaters or EV charging to off-peak hours could benefit. Peak-hour rates for businesses are already 1.7–2.8 times higher than normal and off-peak rates, but experts say families find it harder than factories to change daily routines. They propose trial runs, testing bills on actual data, keeping total revenue unchanged and protecting customers during the transition, such as a 12-month bill-protection scheme run by a California utility.
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