Free Electricity Units Cape Town 2017

The city of cape town s 2016 17 electricity tariffs increased on 1 july by 7 78.

Free electricity units cape town 2017.

Since government announced its intention of providing free basic water electricity and free sanitation service delivery across the country has changed since 1994 and millions more have access to basic services. The city is running a free prepaid electricity meter upgrade programme throughout cape town. From january 2004 50 free kwh per. N ote that the city has put this service fee on hold for 2017 18 due to the high level of objections.

Free basic electricity fbe is free electricity and a government initiative put in place to support low income households. It is however consistent with the national energy regulator s nersa s approval of the price municipalities have to pay eskom. National guidelines established late in 2003 recommended 50 free kwh for customers using less than 150 kwh per month on average. The proposed amount of free electricity is 50kwh per household per month for a grid based system.

According to statisticssa by 2013 89 9 of south africans had access to piped water 85 4 had access to electricity and 77 9 had access to improved sanitation. This is the approximately the amount of energy needed for basic lighting running a small black and white tv and a small radio basic ironing and basic water boiling through an electric kettle. Why does my relative friend receive free units every month but i do not. In july 2003 this was increased to 30 free kwh.

Income goes toward providing electricity to residents in cape town and to the rates account for shared services across communities such as fire services. The initiative was launched in 2004 and the service provides between 25 60 kilowatt hours kwh of free electricity per month for qualifying meters. Additionally homes valued at more than r400 000 will be losing their free basic water supply from this date as well. A service fee of r130 44 excluding vat is being charged to residential homes valued.

50wp will be provided per non grid connected supply. Proposed new residential electricity tariff the home user tariff to include a r242 per month service fee for cape town households as of 1 july 2017. This is a heavy burden on top of the fuel and food price hikes hitting consumers as a result of the weak rand and drought inflated food costs. And also to assist our most vulnerable residents.

In july 2001 20 free kwh per month were provided to all domestic customers supplied directly by cape town.