The City of Johannesburg’s council will soon meet to debate and vote on scrapping the R200 fixed fee for prepaid users.
City Power board chair Bonolo Ramokhele says the municipal power utility’s infrastructure will crumble if it scraps the R200 prepaid electricity surcharge implemented on 1 July 2024, Eyewitness NewsDespite this, the City of Johannesburg’s council is set to convene soon to debate and vote on scrapping the fixed fee.
“We did warn a few years ago that at the rate of perennial underinvestment in relation to municipal distribution infrastructure, you are likely going to hit a snag sometime down the line,” he said. City Power implemented the fixed fee on 1 July 2024 as part of its electricity tariff adjustments for 2024/25,A MyBroadband forum member shared a screenshot of their prepaid recharge token. They had paid R500 to recharge, of which only R235 went to electricity units.
She added that the fixed fee effectively increased the cost of electricity for low-consumption households by over 100%.Increased financial strain on vulnerable householdsIt could encourage illegal connections as customers try to avoid these chargesDada Morero, City of Johannesburg MMC for finance “So, Johannesburg, we stopped it in 2018 as we felt that there wasn’t sufficient public participation at that point,” said Morero.
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