Switch off to avoid hefty electricity penalties

If I have to convert my hole house I would need 10000w solar panel and 52 deep cycle battery and that would cost R65000.00 but you will only start seeing a savings after 25 years the first 25 years is to cover the cost for everything
 
Quick question?

What about SANDF houses?

Our meter's haven't been read in the 13 years we have lived here... we pay a flat rate...

So i want to know how they are going to do it with SANDF houses
 
Well then I have an issue with that. What makes an SANDF person more special than me. I want to pay a flat rate as well.
 
ToxicBunny said:
Well then I have an issue with that. What makes an SANDF person more special than me. I want to pay a flat rate as well.
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i guess i have a issue too... Cause its not fair...

but then again someone must be paying Eskom for their services...

Although... We get power outages once a week at least!!
 
This for me is a big problem, and needs to be resolved.

If they hike the prices in one area, they need to do it in EVERY area... and there must be no preferential treatment for anyone anymore... we have a crisis. If you can't pay you get cut off, but at the same time they can't unjustifiably hike prices.
 
ToxicBunny said:
This for me is a big problem, and needs to be resolved.

If they hike the prices in one area, they need to do it in EVERY area... and there must be no preferential treatment for anyone anymore... we have a crisis. If you can't pay you get cut off, but at the same time they can't unjustifiably hike prices.
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Exactly. Agreed and agreed. And they must get serious with people whose electricity have been connected illegally. (Although I won't have a problem if they give people on pension a concession as they can't afford steep electricity hikes).
 
Well realistically speaking, when you use electricity, you're paying for the upkeep of the infrastructure, that cost is constant and doesn't really have to do with how much electricity you consume. Therefore the more electricity you use the less you should be required to pay as the cost of delivering each individual unit is now lower.

It works that way all over the world, buy in bulk and you pay less. I mean do you think that mining companies pay as much for their electricity as we do? I doubt it.
 
I can't find that post now but someone asked about mining companies and electricity rates (whether it is the same as residential users').
The answer is this:
The industries pay less per kWh than we do because it is cheaper for Eskom to supply electricity to them (they draw directly from overhead lines thereby bypassing substations, transformers and the multiple other connections between the overhead lines and residential areas.
 
froot said:
I can't find that post now but someone asked about mining companies and electricity rates (whether it is the same as residential users').
The answer is this:
The industries pay less per kWh than we do because it is cheaper for Eskom to supply electricity to them (they draw directly from overhead lines thereby bypassing substations, transformers and the multiple other connections between the overhead lines and residential areas.
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Thank you I didn't know that. Very interesting. The point still stands though that when someone purchases more of something, and it travels down the same infrastructure, surely then the cost of supplying each individual unit is decreased.

I'll use water as an example: Water travels down a pipe. That pipe has cost a set amount to lay into the ground and every so often it must be replaced. This happens regardless of the volume of water it conveys to a home/business/whatever. Therefore the more water you use, the less you should pay for each unit as there is a lower cost associated with the supply of each individual unit. However, under our current system, the more water you use the MORE you pay. That doesn't make sense at all.
 
porchrat said:
Thank you I didn't know that. Very interesting. The point still stands though that when someone purchases more of something, and it travels down the same infrastructure, surely then the cost of supplying each individual unit is decreased.

I'll use water as an example: Water travels down a pipe. That pipe has cost a set amount to lay into the ground and every so often it must be replaced. This happens regardless of the volume of water it conveys to a home/business/whatever. Therefore the more water you use, the less you should pay for each unit as there is a lower cost associated with the supply of each individual unit. However, under our current system, the more water you use the MORE you pay. That doesn't make sense at all.
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True, the fact that mining/other companies use a lot more does make it cheaper to supply. But there is still a set of expenses in supplying the service which need to be covered.

For us, water is a service that doesn't work out any cheaper in large quantities. Why? Simply because we don't have enough that it can be supplied cheaply (ie we give electricity to Lesotho in exchange for needed water).
 
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