Eskom outlines process for registering SSEG systems

mdesmore1990 said:
Thanks, Please explain how you are on the Homelight 20A tariff while living in Table View? I thought this was designed for economically challenged areas. Do you simply just ask Eskom for the 20A/60A connection ?

So 2/3 of the city has been paying for the beach/city cleaning from our electricity rates, Table View life must be good.
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Rates are seperate, when I bought in 2017, my COCT bill was R780 pm. Now it is R2100. And thats mainly cause I reduced my water bill. It would be closer to R3000.
 
This SSEG registration, is it only for Eskom direct customers, or do all "solar system" users have to register. I fall under Ethekwini muni (they can't even supply us with water for 20 to 25 days a month) so do we still have to register with Eskom (not that I will for now)
 
Greglsh said:
This SSEG registration, is it only for Eskom direct customers, or do all "solar system" users have to register. I fall under Ethekwini muni (they can't even supply us with water for 20 to 25 days a month) so do we still have to register with Eskom (not that I will for now)
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Only for Eskom direct, however, COCT also have a registration process which was about R5k if I recall correctly in 2022. My installer would have done it, if I stayed in a COCT area.
 
rh1 said:
Rates are seperate, when I bought in 2017, my COCT bill was R780 pm. Now it is R2100. And thats mainly cause I reduced my water bill. It would be closer to R3000.
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Thanks, R780 to 3K is brutal.

I don't understand how inflation is 3%-5% but everything increases by 10%+.
 
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DrJohnZoidberg said:
I'm trying to get Claude to write a tariff calculator, but Eskom's tariffs must be so confusing it broke Claude.

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Ok, I got it to complete: https://claude.site/artifacts/f0d48ab2-30e2-48e0-9fea-acc812db6a12

I have no idea if these calculations are correct because I don't even know how it should be calculated. If Eskom just actually provided a tool like this for people to calculate their estimated bills on these tariffs it would make the world of difference.

Example output:

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DrJohnZoidberg said:
Ok, I got it to complete: https://claude.site/artifacts/f0d48ab2-30e2-48e0-9fea-acc812db6a12

I have no idea if these calculations are correct because I don't even know how it should be calculated. If Eskom just actually provided a tool like this for people to calculate their estimated bills on these tariffs it would make the world of difference.

Example output:

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They do, just scroll to the bottom:
www.eskom.co.za

- Distribution

The changes to tariff structures are as follows:
www.eskom.co.za www.eskom.co.za
 
mdesmore1990 said:
Do you simply just ask Eskom for the 20A/60A connection ?
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You cant get on to the 20A one that's like really low income homes you can't run more then 4.4/4.8 kW. Any higher and the meter will trip. So can't use like a Geyser and electric oven/ hob at the same time.
60A they used to allow you to convert ( not sure now, but i doubt it) had to sign acceptance that I can't run any really high wattage stuff and paid back then (around 2017) R900 to convert , I choose to go that tariff as although per kWh cost is higher there is no daily network costs.
 
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Okty said:
Why would you even want to to feed back into the Eskom grid?

Seems it's just not worth it:

- you have to buy extra special expensive equipment
- the rate that you get is abysmally low
- you are "on the radar" when you register the system, so now you can defiantly be charged extra by a municipality/Eskom for 'extra value' rates etc.
- the registration process is cumbersome and takes time etc.
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I have the Sunsynk inverter that can feedback to Eskom. I will be earning credits at the same rates for kwh that Eskom is charing me in the Standard time of the day (8:00 - 17:00 or 9:00 - 18:00). When I require to use electricity where my inverter cannot deliver like for the three-phase water pumps or other non-essential loads, I can use this credits for that purpose, reducing my payments to Eskom.
My system on average also have excess capacity over a 12 month base of at least 5000Kwh that will be pushed into the Eskom system and act as a battery. Perhaps I can start using my underfloor heating with these credits again as well as charging my EX30.
 
DrJohnZoidberg said:
What is this saying exactly? The wording is confusing.

It sounds like it's saying 1:1 net metering, but also sounds like it's trying not to say that :confused:

Those off peak rates are quite attractive though, if you have decent battery storage and balance your load well you could pay quite a bit less.

That Peak price though 😲

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Just check that your rates are not the approved rates. I will append it here. The fixed cost portion per day comes to R16.61 per day with the rates inclusive of VAT, will be as follows:
Peak rates: R 8.70 in high demand and R4.36 in low demand
Standard rates: R 3.06 in high demand and R2.93 in low demand
Off Peak rates: R2.40 in both periods.
 

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Flanders said:
I don't think eskom is going to be picking up the bill on anything. They're going to rape you hard without lube and put you in the system to do with you what they will later on.
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Eskom waived all fees for the conversion to HomeFlex and the registration up to end of March 2026.
 
FireTelkom said:
You can download the calculator from the Eskom website. Very usefull.
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Yep, I found it but it's a spreadsheet that doesn't seem to work. I'm assuming you need to open specifically on a desktop verison of MS Excel. Nothing I tried worked, including Office 365's online Excel, Google sheets or Libre Office. I don't have destkop Office and I don't intend to get it anytime soon.
 
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