Denny Moffatt of Salt Rock writes:
It is ridiculous in the extreme to claim that the very small number of consumers who install solar power will affect the essential ability of supporting the poor.
What affects this is mainly the efficiency in the way the municipality manages the supply of power bought from Eskom, i.e. maintenance of distribution and credit control.
This includes controlling the theft of electricity.
Recent letters to the media accurately lay out the problem.
There is no doubt that the production of power by individuals means the total electricity required from the grid will be reduced.
Solar should be encouraged, not made more complicated, and we should follow Cape Town’s example and pay or credit accounts when power is put back into the grid.
The council should not overcomplicate things and burden consumers; another example is also Cape Town where applications to install solar take up to four months to get approval.
We are over governed, from the size of the cabinet to micromanagement of solar installations.
If the council is not capable of putting doors on mini substations, how will they have the capacity to inspect and grant any application?
I think political parties should publish their policies where they can all be read. We are not as stupid as sheep, although I sometimes wonder.
Soon collecting water in a tank will also be taxed. What is the difference?
Finally, cross subsidisation from an excess created by the sale of electricity should not happen. The function should be ring-fenced.
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