Nope. Still waiting on our mayor to get it done for home users.
Thatās also not quite true. In 2022 they completely removed the SSEG fees, by simply merging it into the Home tariff (which already has a connection fee). You are charged a R90+vat meter reading fee, and of course there is the initial 10k+ meter installation fee. Thatās it.
Are we expecting further changes when the mayor steps up again??
No, more like mineā¦
Groetnis, mine was LSāed
Yes, he is making some serious positive waves for us here in Cpt. But, with all the red tape, give it 2-3 years minimum.
The Wizards who posted above, donāt live here, hence them trying and see what will come to their side. 
Anybody know a sangoma??
Not to derail this, but I just created this with stable diffusion. Iām really impressed by the result.
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First time I see that theyāre using the same 3ph meters for all installations. No wonder it costs a fortune.
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After all these encouraging signs I might get it together to visit my CoCT electrical dept to see if they are also on the same programā¦
Unless is pretty much free, I donāt see much of a point (for me). I donāt make that much of an excess (because why should I). My yearly stats are coming up and it looks like Iām in for 25% annual grid usage. (Fokall summer, 50% winter)
The way I look at it:
Feedback: Can I recoup the cost of a replacement inverter within the warranty period?
No Feedback: I bargain on the inverter lasting Ā±10 years, more than enough to save up for the ācatastrophic failureā replacement one day outside the warranty period.
Because when I donāt feedback, the system works when needed vs working flat-out feeding back all spare most of the years ahead.
I did a quick calc on a ānapkinā with a Solis grid-tied inverter. Made a lot more āsenseā than using a hybrid system. Also why I asked a while back about integrating a Solis with a Victron system.
Bottom line: One needs to do the calcs with replacement costs worked in.
EDIT: Then there is also the size inverter one can connect on a single phase 63a site to feedback vs not feeding back, being a larger kVA model allowed.
I wonāt build to feed back, but the house is hungry. You can turn stuff off, but Iād like to use the aircons, pool, pumps, etc. Both my wife and I work from home too.
So Iām leaning towards more grid-tied production for winter, and Iād like that power to go somewhere in summer. āMore batteriesā sure, but thatās a lot of cash if youāve already covered your 4h slots plus some extra.
So the calc for me will be along the lines of āWould I like to lose less money?ā
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Indeed, today the energy prices in NL is negative. Sunny for a change. The price is -0.01 Euro. Butā¦ there is 16 cents tax on it, so what this means is if you consumer power today, you still pay 15 cents for it. You lose 1c less of your moneyā¦ 
The City of Cape Town (CoCT) plans to reduce its AMI meter administration fee ā a monthly charge to use the meter necessary to feed power back to the grid ā in the 2023/24 financial year.
CoCT mayoral committee member for energy Beverley van Reenen told MyBroadband that the metro would reduce the fee to R4.92 per month, excluding VAT.
This is a massive, almost 99% reduction from the current R350 monthly fee.
āThis meter-reading fee is for SSEG [small-scale embedded generation] customers who have AMI metering installed to cover the costs for the infrastructure used to remotely read the meter and upload the data to the billing system (this is similar to sending out a meter reader),ā said Van Reenen.
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Iāll just post this here ā¦