Tshwane to start new billing regime next month
The City of Tshwane will from next month start billing its prepaid customers in line with the tariffs approved by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa).
Mayor Stevens Mokgalapa briefed media on Wednesday.
This after Nersa approved an increase for 13.07% increase for the current financial year.
“The City of Tshwane notes and welcomes the approval from the National Energy Regulator of South Africa of the 13.07% for the 2019/2020 financial year.
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“To that effect, as of from the beginning of September, the city will resume billing residents according to the new tariff structure,” said Mokgalapa.
Residents who were previously overcharged with the fixed charge tariff will be reimbursed with prepaid credit.
The tariffs that Tshwane proposed and unlawfully implemented from July 1 included a basic charge of R56 for residential customers and R250 for those paying agricultural tariffs.
Tshwane MMC for Finance Marelize Fourie said the reimbursements are only applicable to prepaid customers.