About 950,000 Singaporean households living in HDB flats will receive rebates from the government for utilities and service and conservancy charges in October.

The electricity tariff will go up by an average of 3.7 per cent from October to December, national grid operator SP Group said on Friday (Sep 29).

This translates to an increase of about 0.98 cents per kWh before Goods and Services Tax (GST).