Eskom's electricity sales have declined significantly

Daniel Puchert

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Eskom's existential threat

South Africa's state-owned power utility faces an existential threat, with many wealthier customers installing rooftop solar systems to avoid power interruptions and rapidly increasing electricity fees.

Many of these customers are likely reliable when it comes to paying their electricity bills, and as electricity tariffs continue to increase, more will likely switch to alternative power sources, further reducing demand for its services.
 
Daniel Puchert said:
Eskom's existential threat

South Africa's state-owned power utility faces an existential threat, with many wealthier customers installing rooftop solar systems to avoid power interruptions and rapidly increasing electricity fees.

Many of these customers are likely reliable when it comes to paying their electricity bills, and as electricity tariffs continue to increase, more will likely switch to alternative power sources, further reducing demand for its services.
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Good.
 
Daniel Puchert said:
Eskom's existential threat

South Africa's state-owned power utility faces an existential threat, with many wealthier customers installing rooftop solar systems to avoid power interruptions and rapidly increasing electricity fees.

Many of these customers are likely reliable when it comes to paying their electricity bills, and as electricity tariffs continue to increase, more will likely switch to alternative power sources, further reducing demand for its services.
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Wealthy customers ?

More like industrial customers. How many malls and factories now have solar and other self power solutions ?

Rich people with an 8kw solar array are not making nearly as much of a dent as an entire office park would.
And solar is just one of the options.
Every time those massive generators kick in for LS, thats money that Eskom is missing out on.
 
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I've said it for years already. Change the system from one where some pay a lot and many pay nothing or a significantly reduced rate - To one where everybody pays, a somewhat reduced rate - And the problem will likely solve itself for Eskom enough to get them out of the spiral. Failing that... Well, spiral on. We, the consumers, the clients, are not to blame for it. It is the braindead policy that is unsustainable in the face of reality.
 
  • Fails to provide a service they are paid for.
  • Encourages customers to reduce their usage of said service when it is available.
  • Customers listen, stop using said shoddy service and instead seek out alternatives.
  • Eskom's sales decline as a result.
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w1z4rd said:
Less demand for dirty coal powered Eskom is good. It means more people are using cleaner solar power.
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True, but the environmental benefits are likely secondary to cost and reliability...
 
The Trutherizer said:
I've said it for years already. Change the system from one where some pay a lot and many pay nothing or a significantly reduced rate - To one where everybody pays, a somewhat reduced rate - And the problem will likely solve itself for Eskom enough to get them out of the spiral. Failing that... Well, spiral on. We, the consumers, the clients, are not to blame for it. It is the braindead policy that is unsustainable in the face of reality.
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It's lose-lose for them. If they do that and increase demand, there's no capacity to handle it and we're back to load shedding...
 
Illegal connections grow day by day, more than people putting up solar. Certainly it comes into play.
 
Mike Hoxbig said:
True, but the environmental benefits are likely secondary to cost and reliability...
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Yeah, I know, its still great to see good things happen, even if its unintentionally. ANC corruption forced us to adopt cleaner and greener energies even if the motivation was selfish.
 
Daniel Puchert said:
Eskom's existential threat

South Africa's state-owned power utility faces an existential threat, with many wealthier customers installing rooftop solar systems to avoid power interruptions and rapidly increasing electricity fees.

Many of these customers are likely reliable when it comes to paying their electricity bills, and as electricity tariffs continue to increase, more will likely switch to alternative power sources, further reducing demand for its services.
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Daniel Puchert said:
Eskom's existential threat

South Africa's state-owned power utility faces an existential threat, with many wealthier customers installing rooftop solar systems to avoid power interruptions and rapidly increasing electricity fees.

Many of these customers are likely reliable when it comes to paying their electricity bills, and as electricity tariffs continue to increase, more will likely switch to alternative power sources, further reducing demand for its services.
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What, do they expect, when they price themselves out of the market - stoopid fekkers
 
Daniel Puchert said:
Eskom's existential threat

South Africa's state-owned power utility faces an existential threat, with many wealthier customers installing rooftop solar systems to avoid power interruptions and rapidly increasing electricity fees.

Many of these customers are likely reliable when it comes to paying their electricity bills, and as electricity tariffs continue to increase, more will likely switch to alternative power sources, further reducing demand for its services.
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But, Eskom said ...
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Use less electricity we must. They sell less electricity, they put up prices, they sell even less electricity - in simple terms it is called a death spiral.
 
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