Die koste van elektrisiteit is tans oral \u2019n warm besprekingspunt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Inwoners van die Drakenstein-vallei kla dikwels hieroor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Veral die ho\u00eb basiese maandeliks heffing voordat \u2019n enkele eenheid krag aangekoop word, het verbruikers behoorlik aan die praat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Baie dink daar is \u2019n slang in die gras en bevraagteken waarom hulle op verskillende tye van die maand \u2019n ho\u00ebr heffing moet betaal as hulle krag koop. Die publiek voel die munisipaliteit buit hulle uit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Een voorbeeld hiervan is iemand wat \u2019n maandelikse basiese heffing van R744,74 vir \u2019n 60-amp\u00e9re-hoofstroom\u00adbreker betaal \u2013 dit nog voordat enige krag vir die maand gekoop word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maar \u2019n soortgelyke huishouding van die Stad Kaapstad betaal vir dieselfde 60 amp\u00e9re \u2019n basiese heffing van R245,03. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bradley Brown, finansi\u00eble hoof van die Drakenstein-munisipaliteit, meen Drakenstein se tariewe is nie onbillik nie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hy verduidelik soos volg:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEerstens het die munisipaliteit weinig beheer oor tariefverhogings. D\u00edt word jaarliks deur die Nasionale Energiereguleerder van Suid-Afrika (Nersa) bepaal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTweedens is die eenheidstarief van elektrisiteit in Drakenstein elke dag van die maand dieselfde. Hierdie eenhede sal of kan slegs vinniger opraak indien die elektrisiteitsverbruik verhoog, byvoorbeeld in die winter wanneer tuimeldro\u00ebrs en verwarmers meer gebruik word, of in die somer wanneer lugre\u00ebling-gebruik toeneem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDerdens is \u2019n vergelyking tussen die Drakenstein-munisipaliteit en die Stad Kaapstad se elektrisiteitstariewe nie noodwendig \u2019n appels-met-appels- vergelyking nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDie Stad Kaapstad het \u2019n vaste maandelikse basiese heffing van R245,09, terwyl die Drakenstein-munisipaliteit \u2019n basiese heffing het wat verhoog word namate die grootte van die amp\u00e8re-aansluiting verhoog word. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHierdie styging in ons basiese heffing hou verband met die las wat die betrokke aansluiting op die munisipaliteit se elektrisiteitsnetwerk plaas en dienooreenkomstig die instandhoudingskoste op die netwerk verhoog. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOns verbruikers het \u2019n keuse om vir \u2019n laer amp\u00e8re-aansluiting aansoek te doen sou hul elektrisiteitsaanvraag op \u2019n gegewe tydstip so \u2019n verlaging regverdig en\/of moontlik maak. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTalle plaaslike owerhede volg tans die munisipaliteit se voorbeeld deur \u2019n stygende basiese heffing in te stel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDie munisipaliteit se huishoudelike basiese tarief is gemiddeld met 4,97% vir die 2024-\u201925-boekjaar verhoog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDie Stad Kaapstad daarenteen het weer \u2019n eenheidstariefstruktuur wat styg namate die maandelikse elektrisiteitsverbruik vermeerder, terwyl die Drakenstein-munisipaliteit \u2019n vaste eenheidstariefstruktuur vir elke verbruikerskategorie (huishoudelik, sake, landbou en so meer) het, ongeag die volume krag wat verbruik word. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDie Drakenstein-munisipaliteit se eenheidstarief is gemiddeld met 8,56% vir die 2024-\u201925 boekjaar verhoog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDie Drakenstein-munisipaliteit sowel as die Stad Kaapstad se elektrisiteitstariewe word jaarliks deur Nersa goedgekeur \u2013 juis om te verseker dat die verbruiker nie \u2018genadeloos gemelk\u2019 word nie,\u201d het Brown bygevoeg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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