Cape Town households hit with electricity tariff hike
Increase to apply to ‘properties valued at over R1m and all customers making use of old credit meters, says mayoral committee member Xanthea Limberg
Capetonians who own properties valued at more than R1m will be hit with a new R8.21-a-day electricity tariff from July 1. Xanthea Limberg‚ the mayoral committee member for utilities‚ said households that consumed more than 600 units of electricity a month would not notice a difference in their bills. But the move has caused an uproar‚ with dozens of Capetonians taking to Facebook to voice their unhappiness. Ratepayers in homes valued at more than R400‚000 will also lose their free basic water supply from July 1. Limberg said the new "home user tariff" of about R250 a month would apply to "those with properties valued at over R1m and all customers making use of the old credit meters". The new charge was aimed at recovering the cost of maintaining the service‚ previously built into the unit price for electricity. It would ensure that households in lower- and middle-income areas would see a 2.8% tariff increase‚ rather than the 3.34% experienced elsewhere. Posting on the Water Shedding...
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