Eskom, Nersa, Salga and Municipalities

Nersa forced this higher tarrifs onto the real tax payer and citizens of South Africa.  Not to the people of Soweto that get all their electricity for free.     The Sunday Times of 8 March 2019 reported that Salga (the South African Local Government Association  believes the electricity tariff hike which National Energy Regulator of SA (Nersa) granted Eskom on Thursday is “high and above the cost of living, which will negatively impact on hard-pressed small and big business, as well as normal South African citizens”.   That is absolute and this includes also farming as well as food shops and businesses.   At the end they all have to cut down on their workers as well and that means more unemployment.

“South Africans must eventually pay for these increases through a pass-through tariff from municipalities. The decision still poses risks to the country’s economy and to all municipalities,” Salga said in a statement on Thursday.   “Municipalities are already facing fundamental changes and transition within the energy sector, and coupled with many being cash-strapped, losing customers, record high non-payment rates due to ever increasing electricity prices, unemployment and the non- growing economy, the increase places increasing pressure on municipalities’ financial sustainability.”

Nersa announced on Thursday that South Africans will pay 9.41% more for electricity in 2019/20, 8.1% for 2020/21 and 5.22% for 2021/22. Eskom had applied for hikes of 17.1% for 2019/20, 15.4% for 2020/21 and 15.5% for 2021/22.

Salga said the 9.41%, along with the existing Nersa decision on the Regulatory Clearing Accounts for 2014/15, 2015/16 and 2016/17 financial years, which allowed Eskom to increase tariffs by 4.4%, effectively allowed the power utility a 13.8% increase.

“Nersa’s decision is effectively allowing Eskom a total 13.8% increase on electricity tariffs in the financial year 2019/20. This is more than double the current inflation rate and unaffordable for both customers and municipalities.”

Nersa said tariff increase impacts on the bottom line as revenue collection depends on customers’ response to prices.

“This is evidenced in the decline of municipal electricity sales, the rise in non-technical losses, and increasing number of customers resorting to alternative energy options with the intention to be independent of municipal supply and grids.”

Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba said the Nersa  increase was “simply unacceptable”.

“Given the poor state of the national economy and the massive corruption at Eskom itself, the city, on the behalf of our residents, had argued that the proposed tariff increases were simply unacceptable.”

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Belastingbetalers moenie vir Eskom se foute betaal nie want dit is presies wat ons tans doen.    Die bestuur stel onbevoegdes aan, hulle ken tenders toe en het niks met die publiek te doen nie.

Die bestuurders wat die “tenders” gedokter en aanstellings gemaak het, moet verantwoordelikheid neem hiervoor. 

Enige maatskappy wat bankrot word, sluit hul deure, en sover kennis is Eskom nie bankrot nie, maar word wanbestuur deur elites wat in topposisies sit (B-BBEE). 

WAAR IS AL DIE KORRUPSIE GELD – WAAROM IS DIE PERSONE NOOIT VERVOLG EN GELD WAT GESTEEL IS, MET RENTES TERUGBETAAL NIE

Swart bemagtiging laat elite swartes groter inkomstes verkry – sien al die voordele hoe Ramaphosa homself bevoordeel het – hy was die “stuurman” (chairperson) van die B-BBEE van die ANC al vir etlike jare.   

Nou moet dieselfde mense wat hulle besteel, weer opdok om vir hul foute te betaal.  Die vraag moet ook gevra word, is dit regtig foute, hoekom word daar dan elektrisiteit aan buurlande voorsien en hoekom word ‘n stad soos Soweto se krag nie afgesny as hulle nie betaal nie.  Soweto is nie die enigste wat nie betaal nie, daar is heelwat ander ook.

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2019

Nersa and Eskom,

Nersa, Salga and Municipalities

Nersa and tariffs

Nersa

Eskom – Koketso Choma – Matshela Koko

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Eskom – “new plans from Ramaphosa”

Eskom : Ramaphosa – Motsepe – gas

Eskom: Ramaphosa – Mabuza

BBEE Trustfund Motsepe

B-BBEE – swart bemagtiging – Motsepe

Dr Motsepe

Precious Elizabeth Makgosi Moloi-Motsepe

Strangled Eskom “PYRAMID SCHEMES”