Dylan Bettencourt
Abasebenzisi bakagesi welanga ngeke baphephe ku-Eskom isikhathi eside njengoba le nkampani ifuna ukunyusa amanani entengo yokuxhuma i-grid.
U-Eskom usebenzela ukukhuphula amanani entengo awo wonke amakhaya asebenzisa ugesi welanga.
Amakhasimende angasebenzisi noma yimuphi ugesi wakwa-Eskom okwamanje akhokha u-R218 kuphela ukuxhuma i-grid yawo.
Ngokweziphakamiso zakwa-Eskom kwi-National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa), leyo mali izonyuka isuka ku-R720 iye ku-R938 ngenyanga.
Imali ekhokhwayo izothinta wonke amakhaya asebenzisa ugesi ophansi kunesilinganiso emzamweni ka-Eskom wokuqinisekisa ukusimama ngendlela efanele.
Le nkampani ichaze ukuthi amanani entengo adinga ukubuyekezwa ukuze ahambisane nokushintsha kwesimo sikagesi.
“Inhloso akukhona ukuthola imali eyengeziwe kodwa ukulinganisa kabusha amanani entengo ngendlela yokuthi izindleko ezingaguquki zibuyiswe kakhulu ngamanani angaguquki,” kusho isitatimende sika-Eskom.
Le nkampani yengeze ngokuthi imali ekhokhwayo izohlukaniswa ibe imali ekhokhwayo egxilile kanye nenkokhiso eguquguqukayo ngokusekelwe ekusetshenzisweni.
Imali yomthamo engaguquki ihlose ukumboza ukusetshenziswa okuzimele ukukhokhela izindleko ezingaguquki zakwa-Eskom.
Njengamanje intela ixhasa amakhaya asebenzisa ugesi kancane ngokwenyuka kwamanani akhokhiswa amakhaya asebenzisa ugesi kakhulu.
U-Eskom uchazile ukuthi umndeni ojwayelekile wakuleli usebenzisa ugesi ongu-900kWh nyanga zonke, ngokusho kwe-MyBroadband.
Iziphakamiso ezintsha zentela zisho ukuthi amakhaya azokhokhela ugesi wawo kakhulu njalo ngenyanga.
Umndeni osebenzisa ugesi ongu-800kWh uzokhokha cishe u-R300 owengeziwe kwa-Eskom ngenyanga.
Kodwa-ke amakhasimende asebenzisa ngaphezu kuka-1,000kWh azokhokha kancane.
Umthombo wesithombe: @Vox