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    How to reduce electricity consumption before speccing a home solar power system

    Did they leave out heat pumps, the most efficient way to heat water? Sure they cost, but if you're going to convert to gas that'll cost too (and you have to keep on buying gas). My heat pump heats so much quicker and uses so much less compared to a regular geyser, that I can put it on the backed...
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    Big electricity price shock for Johannesburg prepaid residents possible

    So the DA in CT actually pay 1c less per resold unit than COJ do!? COJ have a resellers tariff but, for reasons similar to those you cite, it doesn't pay me to resell so I don't. I'd have to go onto a different tariff, with several hundred rands flat fees per month, pay a couple of grand for...
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    Big electricity price shock for Johannesburg prepaid residents possible

    Embedded generation is when you have your own power generation, which must comply with city regulations, and you sell back to the grid. Thanks, you lead me to check the COCT tariffs. The DA in Jhb have a cheek objecting to a fixed charge for pre paid users because that is what they do in CT...
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    Big electricity price shock for Johannesburg prepaid residents possible

    I can only speak in detail re City Power. But it should be easy enough to check what they pay against tariffs. NB. As I pointed out on another post, your bill goes UP immediately after converting because you have to feed the meter and settle your previous account. But that should only last a...
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    Big electricity price shock for Johannesburg prepaid residents possible

    Sorry, I didn't answer all of your question. In Johannesburg there are various costs involved in supplying a stand with electricity (assuming you are buying from the City) 1) the actual electricity you use (this is on a sliding scale, the more you use, the more you will pay per unit) 2) cost...
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    Big electricity price shock for Johannesburg prepaid residents possible

    There's two kinds of prepaid in Johannesburg. There's where you pre pay the municipality. You pay more per kw/h than post paid users but no flat fees. Unless you are using several 1000 units per month you will come out ahead. This is easily checked. Track your usage and then do the sums...
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    Big electricity price shock for Johannesburg prepaid residents possible

    Our electricity is still cheap. Unreliable, but cheap. Compare our prices to Germany or the UK or even Rwanda. And the cost varies across and even within municipalities. Most of Jhb buys from City Power, not directly from Eskom. Ekhuruleni, just down the road, has different tariffs, so does...
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    Big electricity price shock for Johannesburg prepaid residents possible

    If your entire pre paid bill is less than R200 a month, you are using very little electricity. I buy 350 units a month, that's the maximum on the cheapest payment band. That costs me nearly 600. Ok, you're talking about people in poor areas in RDP housing and who don't have electric geysers...
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    Big electricity price shock for Johannesburg prepaid residents possible

    Knott has a very short memory. This surcharge was first proposed in 2019 when Mashaba was mayor and the DA lead coalition was running the city. Did she object then? The surcharge was dropped with the DA saying that it had been sneaked in to the budget after sign off by council.
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