City Power says it is working on implementing feed-in tariffs for residential and business solar users.
Joburg power utility City Power says that it is working on implementing feed-in tariffs in the city, where customers with PV solar systems can feed back their excess power to the grid and reduce their monthly electricity bills., and for business and Large Power User embedded generator is approved forThe move to pay solar users for excess electricity follows similar measures introduced in the City of Cape Town in June. Feed-in tariffs for residential generation in Cape Town is expected in 2024.
Last week, councillor for the Johannesburg Mayoral Committee for Finance, Dada Morero, announced that the City of Joburg was shifting away from being an electricity distribution entity to an energy service provider. “The tariff will be applicable to generators of electricity who may want to service customers embedded within the City Power area of supply but will be charged to their respective end customers,” the city said.
Isaac Mangena, Senior Media Relations Manager at City Power, told BusinessTech that City Power will still charge the customer for all electricity supplied; however, it will credit the customer with the electricity supplied by the third party at Eskom’s Wholesale Electricity Pricing System tariff.
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