City Power has cut power supply to about eight businesses that have not been paying.
Johannesburg power utility, City Power, has cut the power supply to about eight businesses that have not been paying their massive electricity bills. According to City Power, the targeted businesses together owe over R35 million.
City Power moved from one location to another. It successfully disconnected the power to the Meredale Estates, in the south of Johannesburg, that owes the power utility over R7 million.“The non-payments affect the revenue in a whole totality.
The second location, the Booysens Hotel, owed over R750 000, but was on track with payments. However, as their payment was late in May, City Power had to cut them off.“We are buying power from Eskom. We need to pay Eskom on a monthly bases and these customers are not assisting us having to close those gaps. We are running a business whereby it’s with losses and we are not getting any revenues from the customers.
Khoza says they are more worried about the debt they owe to Eskom, and that they try to meet customers half-way. “Customers, we provincially give them 50% with an AOD for three months because it is business or either the 30% AOD if they don’t have the total amount that they are owing us then they will be reconnected,” says Khoza.
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