Move to solar power has implications for municipal coffers

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Move to solar power has implications for municipal coffers
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Municipalities lose revenue when residential customers install solar, but the lower demand also leads to a reduction in charges from Eskom.

Municipalities lose revenue when residential customers install solar, but the lower demand also leads to a reduction in charges from EskomAs Eskom’s load-shedding crisis dent South Africans’ faith in the electricity system, municipalities are scrambling for solutions as their most reliable electricity customers — high-income households and businesses — reduce their reliance on the grid. ..

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