Problems at City Power

[Daniel Puchert]

Problems at power utility supplying South Africa's richest city

City Power and Eskom have resolved their dispute over billing debt. However, a South African National Energy Development Institute (SANEDI) report has found deeper issues at the Joburg power utility.

The report raises concerns about billing accuracy, check metering, estimation processes, municipal debt, and the regulation of bulk power purchases in the country.

 

[deweyzeph]

Why does MyBB insist on calling Joburg "South Africa's richest city"? What does that even mean? Cos everytime I go there it feels like South Africa's poorest city.

 

[Lupus]

Why does MyBB insist on calling Joburg "South Africa's richest city"? What does that even mean? Cos everytime I go there it feels like South Africa's poorest city.

Cause right now it's still the City with the most large company headquarters and the most tax generated is from GP. I mean this is right now, it won't be for long as a lot of companies are looking to move.

 

[Neuk_]

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A Johannesburg couple in their 70s is locked in a baffling and costly dispute with City Power, claiming they’ve been billed over R143,000 for electricity usage they didn’t consume and from a meter that isn’t even theirs.

Elderly Craighall Park Couple Slammed With R143k Bill for a Meter That Isn’t Theirs

A Johannesburg couple in their 70s is locked in a baffling and costly dispute with City Power, claiming they’ve been billed over R143,000 for electricity usage they didn’t consume and from a meter that isn’t even theirs. Barrie and Geraldine Brookstone, longtime residents of Craighall Park, say...

www.joburgetc.com

 

[system32]

Eskom should just switch CityPower's meter to prepaid.

“The analysis indicates a combination of overbilling and underbilling. The cumulative impact over these estimated sites observed a net underbilling impact of 142,798,857kWh,” SANEDI wrote

What's 142,798,857kWh in Rands?
Is that 142,798,857kWh underbilling per month?

From CityPower website:


142,798,857kWh * R3.0891/kWh = R441m - just a rounding error

 

[deweyzeph]

Like this...

A Johannesburg couple in their 70s is locked in a baffling and costly dispute with City Power, claiming they’ve been billed over R143,000 for electricity usage they didn’t consume and from a meter that isn’t even theirs.

Elderly Craighall Park Couple Slammed With R143k Bill for a Meter That Isn’t Theirs

A Johannesburg couple in their 70s is locked in a baffling and costly dispute with City Power, claiming they’ve been billed over R143,000 for electricity usage they didn’t consume and from a meter that isn’t even theirs. Barrie and Geraldine Brookstone, longtime residents of Craighall Park, say...

www.joburgetc.com

Check out this mess:

• Households in Bertrams in Johannesburg have not been receiving municipal bills because of the City of Johannesburg’s faulty property records.
• Now they are being threatened with service cut-offs.
• Their erf numbers do not coincide with those on their title deeds or street addresses.
• A firm of attorneys apparently retained by the City nine years ago to fix the problem has not done so.

City of Joburg’s property error causes havoc for homeowners

Stand numbers in Bertrams are in a mess, affecting billing, valuations, and property sales

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