Die Nasionale Energiereguleerder van Suid-Afrika (Nersa) het moontlik \u2019n laer, aangepaste jaarlikse prysverhoging as gevra vir elektrisiteit goedgekeur, maar namate beurtkrag voortduur, is dit vir die publiek min troos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nersa het verlede Donderdag in \u2019n verklaring bevestig die reguleerder het \u2019n prysverhoging van 18,65% goedgekeur. Dit kom neer op 46,48 c\/kWh. Volgens Nersa is die verhoging aangepas nadat \u2019n \u201cbehoorlike regulatoriese proses uitgevoer is\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eskom het aanvanklik vir \u2019n 35%- prysverhoging aansoek gedoen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Volgens Nersa is sowat 2 000 skriftelike kommentare oor di\u00e9 voorstel ontvang, met vele wat kommer oor die bekostigbaarheid van so \u2019n verhoging bevraagteken het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rhoda Skei, sekretaris van die Saldanha Bay Black Business Women Association, s\u00ea entrepreneurs kan nie \u2019n prysverhoging bekostig nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBaie klein ondernemings sukkel nog om die effek van die covid-pandemie af te skud en die kragprobleem vererger die situasie,\u201d verduidelik sy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Skei voel die tyd vir politiek speel is verby. Sy meen die kragkrisis moet met \u2019n gemengde kragopwekkings\u00admodel opgelos word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDie man op die straat wil sy vetkoek verkoop. Hy gee nie om oor politiek nie, want die inkomste wat hy van sy vetkoeke kry, moet sy kinders voed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Intussen het die Bergrivier se eerste burger ook sy misnoe\u00eb oor die verhoging uitgespreek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBaie inwoners sukkel reeds om kop bo water te hou en ons gemeenskappe en ondernemings kan hierdie soort verhogings doodeenvoudig nie bekostig nie. Hierdie onrealistiese verhoging kom weens Eskom se onvermo\u00eb om ons van elektrisiteit te voorsien, selfs nadat die hele land al op fase ses van beurtkrag geplaas is,\u201d s\u00ea die uitvoerende burgemeester van die Bergrivier-munisipaliteit, Ray van Rooy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In beide die Saldanhabaai- en Bergrivier-munisipale gebiede het inwoners verlede jaar \u2019n 7,47% styging in hul elektrisiteitspryse gesien.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Van Rooy meen geen mens kan menswaardig leef met die huidige voortslepende beurtkrag nie. \u201cOnder vlak-ses-beurtkrag is daar nie genoeg ure met krag in die dag om genoeg water vir gebruik te suiwer nie.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Johnny da Silva, voorsitter van die Velddrif Sakekamer, s\u00ea dit is juis die verskeie bykomende probleme van die kragkrisis wat soms ongesien bly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOns het \u2019n krisispunt bereik. Vat \u2019n boer wat sy landerye moet natmaak. Hy doen dit nie in die dag nie as gevolg van die son en ander faktore, maar nou is daar meer beurtkragure in die aand. Om landerye nat te lei is nie om \u2019n kraan vir twee ure oop te draai nie, en dit is wat nie in ag geneem word nie,\u201d s\u00ea Da Silva.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hy s\u00ea sakelui in die Bergrivier trek beslis swaar. \u201cDit maak nie saak of jy \u2019n klein of groot onderneming het nie. Almal sukkel. Dit was die eerste jaar wat ons n\u00e1 die pandemie bedryf het en nou is dit fase-ses-beurtkrag. Baie mense is mismoedig.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Volgens Da Silva is die volgende vrees dat addisionele uitgawes vir kragopwekkers en brandstof tot werkverliese kan lei. 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