CoCT`s crap solar policy.

[ghaye]

Correct, I hate CoCT socialist scum: "the haves will pay for the have-nots until all are equal" - CoCT.

This is actually National (i.e. ANC) policy.

CoCT owns the infrastructure that you are connecting your solar system to. That is why they want you to register. That way they know what is going on. The other municipalities clearly have no idea about this and that is why they don't require registration. If you were suitably qualified (or connected) it would cost you nothing to register your system. CoCT want to know that the system that you want to/have installed meets all the necessary STATUTORY requirements. So these are required by various laws (National and NOT CoCT specific).

The very basic idea behind all these laws are to protect people from getting electrocuted or burning your neighbourhood down. I did not opt for the feed-in option as CoCT does not make it at all attractive; even if they paid for the very expensive meter!

 

[ToxicBunny]

Yeah you also have to register a borehole. And a wellpoint.

I haven't done it for years now. Still not jailed.

Precisely... You are forced by laws and regulations to do lots of things but our useless government doesn't enforce the stuff very well at all

 

[porchrat]

This is actually National (i.e. ANC) policy.

CoCT owns the infrastructure that you are connecting your solar system to. That is why they want you to register. That way they know what is going on. The other municipalities clearly have no idea about this and that is why they don't require registration. If you were suitably qualified (or connected) it would cost you nothing to register your system. CoCT want to know that the system that you want to/have installed meets all the necessary STATUTORY requirements. So these are required by various laws (National and NOT CoCT specific).

The very basic idea behind all these laws are to protect people from getting electrocuted or burning your neighbourhood down. I did not opt for the feed-in option as CoCT does not make it at all attractive; even if they paid for the very expensive meter!

 

[WollieVerstege]

how do people find the time to waste oxygen speaking to you

Well, I am trying to warn him that he is being shafted by the company doing his solar install as they are charging him for something that is technically free, but he is so obsessed with CoCT that he would rather get shafted.

 

[porchrat]

Some real 1991 CoTY energy in this thread.

 

[dj2381]

Clearly Cape Town has touched this man on his studio.

 

[OhYeah84]

Correct, I hate CoCT socialist scum: "the haves will pay for the have-nots until all are equal" - CoCT.

No, that's the DA. They said exactly the same thing when they took over Port Elizabeth in 2016.

 

[OhYeah84]

Clearly Cape Town has touched this man on his studio.

Almost everything does.

 

[Budza]

I haven't followed the full thread...

COCT want a compliance certificate or whatever which can/does come with a fee.

For safety.

For Solar only.

IE, they're worried about feeback to the grid from my solar system.

At the same time, I can get a moerse inverter & battery without solar for which I don't have to register?

BS. Never-mind the fee.

 

[Speedster]

I haven't followed the full thread...

Clearly

 

[PsyWulf]

Still won't be a tax mate.

To be fair

It's an Idiot Tax
(as in it costs him money for being stupid)

 

[PsyWulf]

Some real 1991 CoTY energy in this thread.

Damn dude,memories

 

[Budza]

I haven't followed the full thread...

COCT want a compliance certificate or whatever which can/does come with a fee.

For safety.

For Solar only.

IE, they're worried about feeback to the grid from my solar system.

At the same time, I can get a moerse inverter & battery without solar for which I don't have to register?

BS. Never-mind the fee.

Clearly

Here it is:

This is actually National (i.e. ANC) policy.

CoCT owns the infrastructure that you are connecting your solar system to. That is why they want you to register. That way they know what is going on. The other municipalities clearly have no idea about this and that is why they don't require registration. If you were suitably qualified (or connected) it would cost you nothing to register your system. CoCT want to know that the system that you want to/have installed meets all the necessary STATUTORY requirements. So these are required by various laws (National and NOT CoCT specific).

The very basic idea behind all these laws are to protect people from getting electrocuted or burning your neighbourhood down. I did not opt for the feed-in option as CoCT does not make it at all attractive; even if they paid for the very expensive meter!

Money-grab or safety?

IF it's for safety, why the inconsistency between solar and any potentially back-feeding inverters/generators?

 

[Speedster]

Here it is:



Money-grab or safety?

IF it's for safety, why the inconsistency between solar and any potentially back-feeding inverters/generators?

Spoiler

there is no fee

 

[Budza]

Spoiler

there is no fee

So not a money-grab then but still clearly BS?

Half as bad as OP claims.

 

[itareanlnotani]

CoCT does not charge a fee for registration. The installers charge a fee for doing the admin and getting it registered for you. You can do it yourself for no fee

City of Cape Town Link

Sharing a City of Cape Town Page...

www.capetown.gov.za

Nope.

The registration is mandatory. What OP is harping on about is that you have to pay CoCT for this. You don't, you pay your installer for taking the time needed to do it for you. You can do it yourself for free if you wanted to. It's like paying a middle man to do something for you at home affairs...

Nope.

Unless you are a certified engineer, you aren't going to be doing it yourself for free.

CoCT requires an engineers signoff on the system design. Bit of a joke, as they don't verify the drawings or check that its even implemented as designed.
Still got to pay that engineering signoff tax though.


CoCT requires 3 things:
- System Registration

This then requires
- Electrical CoC (which an electrician can do).
- Engineering Signoff (which you need to pay an engineer for).


Fully offgrid (not connected to CoCT) also needs a signoff, which is why I haven't bothered doing mine, its an additional cost that I don't need to spend.

What am I going to do? Feedback to the infrastructure that doesn't exist on my property?
Yeah.

 

[shadow_man]

Nope.

Nope.

Unless you are a certified engineer, you aren't going to be doing it yourself for free.

CoCT requires an engineers signoff on the system design. Bit of a joke, as they don't verify the drawings or check that its even implemented as designed.
Still got to pay that engineering signoff tax though.

They actually came out to check mine - 2 gents from the city. So it's a spot check at random.

 

[itareanlnotani]

They actually came out to check mine - 2 gents from the city. So it's a spot check at random.

Frankly speaking, your system isn't compliant (from a documentation standpoint).

It's not labelled at the DB. There are no instructions for users by the inverter on steps to take to disable system. There are a few other labelling and instructional things that need to be done and haven't been.

The document side is definitely incomplete.


CoCT seems to be a bit variable on their requirements. The documentation is fairly clear about req's, the spot check didn't really check compliance with those req's as yours doesn't display whats needed, hence my saying that they don't really verify.

 

[shadow_man]

Frankly speaking, your system isn't compliant (from a documentation standpoint).

It's not labelled at the DB. There are no instructions for users by the inverter on steps to take to disable system. There are a few other labelling and instructional things that need to be done and haven't been.

I will argue about this if you want me to. I know what a compliant install looks like.

etc etc.

The city of Cape Town engineers beg to differ

 

[zerocool2009]

Waiting in suspense for solar users to pay a “going / lower usage tax”. Its coming.