Eskom, Joburg, and Tshwane explain grid disconnection processes

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Eskom, Joburg, and Tshwane explain grid disconnection processes

The impending overhaul of South Africa's electricity tariff determinations could make it more attractive for South African households and businesses to become electricity-independent and sever their connection to the national grid.

While their approaches differ, both Eskom and the National Energy Regulator of South Africa have proposed new electricity tariff determination principles that will see most solar power users paying more for grid-supplied electricity.
 
The sheer, blatant, dishonorable injustice of Eskom's shameless thievery.

If they pass such charges, after the decades of veritable abuse of South Africans who just needed reliable electricity - Then I will make it a life goal to go off the grid. Mark my words. I'll do it with a smile too. Throw them the finger as I wave them goodbye.
 
Good to know the option is there. I'd probably go that route if they start with the service charges for doing nothing junk by me.
 
It looks like Jhb charges you to disconnect. MyBB says they give you a quote. I guess you have no choice but to pay it or sell the house and move to Pretoria.
 
It looks like Jhb charges you to disconnect. MyBB says they give you a quote. I guess you have no choice but to pay it or sell the house and move to Pretoria.

Both eskom and JHB seem to indicate removal of the cable and any transformers etc for the clients account. I'm guessing this is their aggressive way to try and stop you. But if you are talking a R1000pm tariff like they are talking about even a large sum would be worthwhile and they have lost a customer forever.
 
Both eskom and JHB seem to indicate removal of the cable and any transformers etc for the clients account. I'm guessing this is their aggressive way to try and stop you. But if you are talking a R1000pm tariff like they are talking about even a large sum would be worthwhile and they have lost a customer forever.
That's why you move to Pretoria because in the article it says they don't charge a cent. Must be the DA difference.
 
Both eskom and JHB seem to indicate removal of the cable and any transformers etc for the clients account. I'm guessing this is their aggressive way to try and stop you. But if you are talking a R1000pm tariff like they are talking about even a large sum would be worthwhile and they have lost a customer forever.
Funny how they say removal of infrastructure yet claim to do audits to determine status. Blah... they just flip a switch in most cases and perhaps remove the meter and disconnect the cable.
 
Both eskom and JHB seem to indicate removal of the cable and any transformers etc for the clients account. I'm guessing this is their aggressive way to try and stop you. But if you are talking a R1000pm tariff like they are talking about even a large sum would be worthwhile and they have lost a customer forever.


This is the [ ANC ] way.

Cut off your nose, to spite your face.

Wonderfully productive mentallity
 
Both eskom and JHB seem to indicate removal of the cable and any transformers etc for the clients account. I'm guessing this is their aggressive way to try and stop you. But if you are talking a R1000pm tariff like they are talking about even a large sum would be worthwhile and they have lost a customer forever.

They are not going to remove any cables and definitely not any transformers for residential customers They will simply remove the meter and switch off the CB outside your house, so more nonsense charges to try and persuade one from not disconnecting.
 
They are not going to remove any cables and definitely not any transformers for residential customers They will simply remove the meter and switch off the CB outside your house, so more nonsense charges to try and persuade one from not disconnecting.

Easy enough to reverse, sans the meter.
 
They are not going to remove any cables and definitely not any transformers for residential customers They will simply remove the meter and switch off the CB outside your house, so more nonsense charges to try and persuade one from not disconnecting.

You'll likely get a big quote though for removing cables, transformers and meters but yes its unlikely they will remove it.
 
You'll likely get a big quote though for removing cables, transformers and meters but yes its unlikely they will remove it.

In most areas of CoJ, cables run underground for the last stretch to a residential user, I don’t see them digging up pavement and street to remove a cable to a house. I do not know of a single house in CoJ that has it’s own transformer, blocks of flats and large estates might have depending on size, but then the entire feed would have to be removed to warrant removing an entire transformer. A meter is quick and simple to remove, as is flicking a CB to off, so a quote for work they wouldn’t and in same cases can’t possibly do is simply nonsense…
 
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