Winter is upon us and households may start to count every cent they spend on electricity.
Ekurhuleni spokesperson Themba Gadebe said the City of Ekurhuleni (CoE) provides electricity in areas where it has been licenced by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) to do so.
“There are other selected areas in Ekurhuleni where Eskom has a licence to provide electricity. The city’s electricity tariffs are applicable to those areas where the city is licensed to supply electricity. The tariffs are categorised to fit different circumstances of residents and businesses, such as residents in stand-alone stands, complexes and flats,” said Gadebe.
Gadebe said the most prevalent tariff for residents is Inclined Block Rate Tariff (Tariff A IBT).
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“This tariff is structured into blocks which increase in price, according to the monthly consumption of a household.
“The first block is for consumption of less than 100 kWh per month, which is allocated for free in terms of the CoE’s Free Basic Electricity policy.
“The second block is for consumption between 100 kWh and 600kWh where an R1.05,66 tariff is charged.
“Those who consume into the next block, which is between 600 kWh and 700 kWh are charged R1.79,61 per kWh, after which the tariff becomes R5.02 per kWh,” he said.
Complexes, body corporates and flats are charged a differently structured tariff called Bulk Residential Complexes (Tariff B), which is applicable to the electricity resellers.
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He said these tariffs will increase by between 5.32 per cent and 8.5 per cent from July 1 subject to usage.
