Average electricity consumption and cost

[MagicDude4Eva]

With Eskom pushing up the prices, can people post their average consumption / cost for baseline purposes?

Broadacres / Joburg:
Service charge: R 2.45 / day, Network Charge: R 3.04 per day, Energy Charge: R 0.504 / kWh
Usage: 38 kWh per day

2 storey house in complex (2 adults, 1 child), swimming pool, usual appliances (LCD, dishwasher etc)

 

[Moederloos]

Roodepoort, 94c / kwh !

35 kwh / day

6 people, large house, home office

 

[davemc]

Ramsgate KZN, 59c / kwh
19.35 kwh / day
2 bedroom apartment, 2 people.

600 kwh / month.
600 / 31 = 19.35 kwh per day

Charged : R355.68 inc vat

 

[Fudzy]

What are you guys basing these amounts on? The bill or a meter reading?

 

[wetkit]

Kuilsrivier CPT,
79c / kwh
Connection R2.45/day
Large house with pool and loads of PC's. Daily washing with 2 young kids....
Around 55kwh/day (over the past year)

 

[MagicDude4Eva]

What are you guys basing these amounts on? The bill or a meter reading?

the bill-reading. I already find it fascinating that the charge differs even within the same province - why is that?

 

[Moederloos]

the bill-reading. I already find it fascinating that the charge differs even within the same province - why is that?

probably nothing more than knowing which areas will not burn buildings to the ground.
try and charge more in a township than in an upmarket area and see what happens.

 

[MarkStrydom]

Pinetown, KZN
23.89 KWh/day
Complex Unit
Household of 5
1x 100L Geyser
R1,35 per KWh

 

[Milano]

Durban
67.70 kWh/day
1.3928 /kWh

Edit: oh total about R3,200 per month