Municipalities want up to 35% electricity price hike

[Kevin Lancaster]

Municipalities want up to 35% electricity price hike

The Mookgophong local municipality in Limpopo is applying for a 35% electricity tariff hike, according to a notice published in Friday’s Government Gazette.

 

[reactor_sa]

Is this something they still don't have to pay eskom??

 

[moklet]

Hey if Eskom and the municipalities, keep raising their prices at this rate, the pay back time for solar will be very short. How much more do they want to milk us.

 

[savage]

Hey if Eskom and the municipalities, keep raising their prices at this rate, the pay back time for solar will be very short. How much more do they want to milk us.

It's already very short

 

[TheGrimReaperUH]

no no.. first disconnect the illegal connections. then talk about what is needed, also driving the price up is just going to make more people not pay? this is not going to solve the problem but rather it's going to make it worse..

 

[grok]

no no.. first disconnect the illegal connections. then talk about what is needed, also driving the price up is just going to make more people not pay? this is not going to solve the problem but rather it's going to make it worse..

But .. worse is what they do.

 

[supersunbird]

no no.. first disconnect the illegal connections. then talk about what is needed, also driving the price up is just going to make more people not pay? this is not going to solve the problem but rather it's going to make it worse..

The Endumeni local municipality in KwaZulu-Natal wants a 16% hike due to a high losses from illegal connections and electricity theft and to fund infrastructure development.

These guys don't think you are right... even if we know you are right.

 

[HavocXphere]

They're going to push all their paying customers to go solar at this rate. Good luck running a national power company when your only "customers" are non-paying electricity thieves.

 

[oober]

Soon we will see mandatory connection fees to curb going off-grid.