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Eskom’s new tariff plan to send shockwaves through solar...

‘There’s no reason a tariff should reflect the fixed and variable components of the business; I think it's a fallacious argument and it's introduced to try and protect themselves from competition’...

Paying an entity simply because it exists is ludicrous. If paying it for making sure there is supply, then there should be SLAs and contracts as well, which stipulates penalties.

Luckily, I have been offgrid for the last month, just need to add a small genset for overcast days.

Edited May 9, 20251 yr by Pho3niX90

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.

Mahatma Gandhi

A lot of consumers have had an electricity bill split between fixed and variable charges for years. So we may be getting excited for nothing.

There must also be some cost to the utility for providing a connection.

I have had a pre-paid meter for years now. Until July last year I had no fixed fees per month, paid only for consumption. My neighbour was paying about a grand (current tariffs) before he used any electricity at all. Yet we both expect and both get the same attention from City Power. Their cost for supplying me is the same as for supplying my neighbour.

Since last year there has been a fixed charge for pre-paid users. I actually went to the IDP feedback session and spoke out about this because, after all, it is a bit more load on my pocket. But although I wouldn't tell the executive committee, I did understand their point and would probably have done the same in their position. More and more people in Johannesburg are moving to pre-paid meters. The City loses revenue, and post-paid users like my neighbour increasingly subsidise the likes of me.