Eskom’s proposed new electricity pricing structure will punish solar users in South Africa.
Eskom and Nersa’s proposed electricity pricing reforms in South Africa could see many households and businesses with solar power pay substantially more for electricity.that the utility wanted an electricity price restructuring that considers its unbundling into three separate entities.
Simply put, Eskom wants higher fixed tariffs for grid connections — called capacity or availability charges — and lower effective per-kWh costs. The charts below summarise what the changes in the relationship of fixed to variable charges would mean for Homepower users’ bills. The power utility is keenly aware that it could end up primarily with poor non-paying customers, as former Eskom CEO André de Ruyter has warned, while more affluent households increasingly switch to alternatives.
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