Tshwane getting cheaper bi-directional meters for solar feed-in

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New electricity meters for Pretoria

The City of Tshwane (CoT) will soon start offering substantially cheaper bidirectional electricity meters for feeding excess power back to the grid.

The metro told MyBroadband it would adopt bidirectional meters that cost about a quarter to a third of the current meters' prices from 1 July 2024 — the start of its financial year.
 
Jan said:
New electricity meters for Pretoria

The City of Tshwane (CoT) will soon start offering substantially cheaper bidirectional electricity meters for feeding excess power back to the grid.

The metro told MyBroadband it would adopt bidirectional meters that cost about a quarter to a third of the current meters' prices from 1 July 2024 — the start of its financial year.
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Not a correct ROI as you haven't factored in the cost of the panels, inverter and grid tie.
 
Their meter costs are good, but their feed-in incentives aren't that good which would have disincentivized me to get one if I lived in Tshwane.
 
BBSA said:
This is for households with an existing systems, the excess power is basically free....
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So people with existing systems are not looking at ROI or improving the ROI
 
This hurts my brain:

However, if you use just 30kWh, your electricity bill will currently be R84.60. Even if you produce the same amount of excess solar worth R121.50 to the city, your savings will be capped at R84.60.
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This also hurts my brain:

CoCT meter: R6,043
Pretoria meter: R3,500

This also hurts my brain:

The one advantage Cape Town offers over Tshwane and most other municipalities with feed-in support is the ability to earn cash for extra power.

That means that even those who do not use any of the city’s electricity can be rewarded for providing power to the grid.

Those in Tshwane can only earn a credit on their electricity bill, which means your grid consumption determines the maximum savings.
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Our glorious constitution protecting us again. /s
 
So what you're saying is if you're in Tshwane and happen to run an old analogue meter, then it's cheaper and better to keep using that and feed back into the grid?
 
What about including the cost of an additional battery to "use" the wasted solar power?

So if I have, say 5kwh excess per day, i need a 5kwh battery to use that power, which costs R25000-R30000.

Solar panels are so cheap that it makes sense to overbuild so you can get full output in winter.
 
wingnut771 said:
This hurts my brain:



This also hurts my brain:

CoCT meter: R6,043
Pretoria meter: R3,500

This also hurts my brain:



Our glorious constitution protecting us again. /s
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Same meter?

Very weird lol.
 
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