For the second quarter of this year, Tengah house owners who have subscribed to the centralized heating system will be charged a lower frozen water usage rate.  ,
National grid operator SP Group announced on Thursday ( Mar 28 ) that the average chilled water usage rate for April through June will decrease by 7.5 percent from the previous quarter.
SP Group sets the frozen water consumption rate of the cooling program, which is updated monthly.
Earlier this year, residents were charged S$ 0.132 ( US$ 0.098 ) per kilowatt- hour refrigeration (kWrh ), before GST, for the use of chilled water.  ,
From Apr 1 to Jun 30, the warmed water adoption rate will be reduced to S$ 0.122 per kWrh, before GST.
Consumers who have or plan to have their apartment keys collected on or before December 31 this year will receive an additional six-month assurance from SP Group. The centralized heating system’s tubing and trunking within apartments will be covered by the assurance, which is in addition to the common 12-month insurance time.  ,
Tengah is Singapore’s newest area and the first , people housing growth to spin out the central cooling system.
It is touted as a , green alternative to conventional surroundings- conditioners,  , removing warmth from flats by piping frozen water into homes from central chillers.
However, some home proprietors have complained about issues like as , fluids leaking from the central heating system.
Since the second half of last year, SP Group and air-con company Daikin have been collaborating to resolve the issues identified.
Additionally, SP Group had made the decision to cancel all centralized heating system consumption charges for Tengah apartment owners from November last year until the close of 2023, as well as lower the adoption rate from S$ 0. 132 per kWrh starting on Jan 1, among other things.  ,