{
  "query": {
    "country": "TW",
    "energy": "electricity",
    "consumption_band": "standard",
    "season": "non_summer"
  },
  "status": "ok",
  "price": {
    "currency": "TWD",
    "unit": "per kWh (average over 330 kWh used in a month, residential tiered tariff, non-summer rates, before any tax or surcharge)",
    "value": 2.0855,
    "measure": "average",
    "median": null,
    "typical_low": null,
    "typical_high": null,
    "min": null,
    "max": null
  },
  "sample_size": null,
  "period": {
    "from": "2025-10-01",
    "to": "2026-10-23"
  },
  "confidence": "high",
  "price_type": "posted_price",
  "statistic": {
    "measure": "average",
    "reference_period": "tariff in force from 2025-10-01",
    "note": "Published tariff schedule, not a paid bill. Calculated by ProofPrice from the tier rates; no tax, surcharge or fixed fee added."
  },
  "as_of": "2026-10-23T08:56:02.733Z",
  "source": {
    "id": "tw-taipower-tariffs",
    "name": "Taipower electricity price tables (residential, non-time-of-use)",
    "publisher": "Taiwan Power Company (Taipower), via Taiwan's government open data platform (data.gov.tw, dataset 17060)",
    "licence": "Taiwan Open Government Data License, version 1.0 (grants use for any purpose, including derivative products and services, with attribution)",
    "licence_url": "https://data.gov.tw/license",
    "attribution": "Source: Taiwan Power Company, \"All types of electricity price tables and calculation examples\" (Taiwan Open Government Data Platform, dataset 17060), licensed under the Taiwan Open Government Data License, version 1.0 (https://data.gov.tw/license). The average price per kWh for a month's use is calculated by ProofPrice from the published tiers.",
    "url": "https://data.gov.tw/dataset/17060"
  },
  "method": "Taiwan electricity: Taipower's published residential (non-time-of-use) price table. The average price per kWh is the bill for a month's use, charged tier by tier at the published rate for the chosen season, divided by the kWh used. A posted tariff, not a count of paid bills; no tax, surcharge or fixed fee is added.",
  "method_url": "https://proofprice.com/method",
  "summary": "Under Taipower's published residential tariff (in force from 2025-10-01), a household using 330 kWh in a month at non-summer rates pays about TWD 2.09 per kWh on average (a bill of TWD 688.2). Published by Taiwan Power Company (Taipower), via Taiwan's government open data platform (data.gov.tw, dataset 17060) for tariff in force from 2025-10-01.",
  "notice": "Information, not a valuation or offer. Ranges describe past recorded prices.",
  "extra": {
    "monthly_use_kwh": 330,
    "season": "non_summer",
    "monthly_bill_twd": 688.2,
    "average_price_other_season_twd_per_kwh": 2.27,
    "other_season": "summer",
    "tiers": [
      {
        "tier": "120度以下部分",
        "up_to_kwh": 120,
        "summer_twd_per_kwh": 1.78,
        "non_summer_twd_per_kwh": 1.78,
        "tier_number": 1
      },
      {
        "tier": "121~330度部分",
        "up_to_kwh": 330,
        "summer_twd_per_kwh": 2.55,
        "non_summer_twd_per_kwh": 2.26,
        "tier_number": 2
      },
      {
        "tier": "331~500度部分",
        "up_to_kwh": 500,
        "summer_twd_per_kwh": 3.8,
        "non_summer_twd_per_kwh": 3.13,
        "tier_number": 3
      },
      {
        "tier": "501~700度部分",
        "up_to_kwh": 700,
        "summer_twd_per_kwh": 5.14,
        "non_summer_twd_per_kwh": 4.24,
        "tier_number": 4
      },
      {
        "tier": "701~1000度部分",
        "up_to_kwh": 1000,
        "summer_twd_per_kwh": 6.44,
        "non_summer_twd_per_kwh": 5.27,
        "tier_number": 5
      },
      {
        "tier": "1001度以上部分",
        "up_to_kwh": null,
        "summer_twd_per_kwh": 8.86,
        "non_summer_twd_per_kwh": 7.03,
        "tier_number": 6
      }
    ]
  },
  "answer_id": "ans_ae374686475ec3242b84",
  "method_version": "1",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-10-23T08:56:02.732Z",
  "evidence": {
    "type": "posted_price",
    "label": "Posted or listed price",
    "meaning": "A price a seller, market or authority publishes in advance (a shelf price, tariff, fee schedule or quoted wholesale price): it is what is asked, not a record of what each customer paid."
  },
  "reliability": "official_median_no_count",
  "data_as_of": "2026-10-23",
  "data_age_days": 0,
  "suggestions": [
    "This is one published figure (an average, median, index or listed price) with no record count: use it as a reference point, not as a range of what individuals paid.",
    "For a decision on a specific job or purchase, ask for an itemised quote.",
    "This is a posted price, not what each customer paid."
  ]
}