Outa weighing legal options over solar power registration
The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) has started asking solar power users and installers for information that could aid in potential legal action over solar registration requirements in South Africa.
Outa is widely regarded to be...
Eskom extends free SSEG registration deadline
Eskom has extended its free registration period for households and businesses with hybrid and grid-tied rooftop solar power systems under 100kWp.
The power utility announced the extension during a presentation at the Solar & Storage Live event in...
Big questions about Eskom's free solar registration deadline
Eskom has refused to provide an update on the extension of its free registration period for home and small-business rooftop solar power systems, which is set to end early next week.
To improve the registration rate of small-scale...
Eskom's solar registration fee exemption deadline closing in
There are fewer than 2 weeks left before Eskom's free registration offer for rooftop solar power systems expires.
Eskom and many municipalities require households and businesses with sub-100kW grid-tied and hybrid solar power...
Eskom's solar registration fee exemption deadline looms
South African households with small-scale embedded generation (SSEG) installations have until March 2026 to register their systems with Eskom without paying the R10,000 connection fee.
According to the Department of Electricity and...
The duo that drove Eskom to drop its expensive solar power registration rule
Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) CEO Wayne Duvenage and EE Business Intelligence managing director Chris Yelland deserve credit for pushing Eskom to ease its solar power registration rules.
Eskom dropped the...
chris yelland
ee business intelligence
electricity
eskom
organisation undoing tax abuse (outa)
rooftop solar
small-scaleembeddedgeneration (sseg)
solar power
wayne duvenage
Eskom's new solar rules will save households R400 million — Outa
Energy expert Chris Yelland estimates that Eskom's relaxation of small-scale embedded generation (SSEG) rules will save households with rooftop solar a combined R400 million in compliance costs.
Effective 1 October 2025, Eskom no...
chris yelland
engineering council of south africa (ecsa)
eskom
home solar
rooftop solar
small-scaleembeddedgeneration (sseg)
solar power
wayne duvenage
Sapvia clashes with Outa and Afriforum about solar registration
The South African Photovoltaic Industry Association (Sapvia) believes that Eskom and municipalities' additional requirements for grid-tied solar power systems that go beyond ensuring safe operation are not illegal.
The association...
afriforum
eskom
grid-tied solar
organisation undoing tax abuse (outa)
sapvia
small-scaleembeddedgeneration (sseg)
solar power
solar system registration
Major victory for home solar in Cape Town
City of Cape Town (CoCT) residents that use their solar installations before getting municipal approval won't be fined if they can prove they have started their application for authorization.
This is according to CoCT mayoral committee member for...
beverley van reenen
bouwe van der eems
city of cape town
milnerton central residents association
small-scaleembeddedgeneration (sseg)
solar advice
solar photovoltaics