Please post your COCt Connection fees here, I am interested in seeing the difference between three phase and single phase connection fees in CoCT. We are busy with the planning for a fairly big project in the Cape and the owner needs to apply for his electrical connection now. We are also planning on oversizing the PV array substantially to cater for the winter production and we aim to feed back the excess power for the rest of the year.
I need to see if it makes sense to apply for a larger three phase connection to ensure that we can feed back more.
Electricity Home User Charge - 11.2024 (PREPAID ************) 245.03
I’m in Somerset West CPT
Units differ as i dont buy every month and use ebucks and discovery miles, last 3 purchases worked out to be R3.33 / R3.43 / R3.61 per unit
In Wynberg my wife is paying R245.03 for a single phase prepaid connection.
We are paying R245.03 for a 3 phase 50A prepaid connection in Claremont, but I think that it is that low because the house is very old and all the houses had 3 phase as standard, I had understood that 3 phase is a lot more expensive, so I had set myself up to convert to single phase once transfer is done, till I saw the cost is the same.
These are regular electricity rates for the provision of the service.
Has anybody actually fed in to the grid? The CT mayor was saying they will encourage feed in…
The only problem with feed in in Cape Town is the additional cost of the mounting a meter box ( for the bi-directional meter) and the associated wiring re-routing required from the original.
We installed solar in March 2024. We then applied to feed back into the grid. First problem was that while my name is on the rates account for the property, the City could not connect me personally to the account so I could not give proxy to the installer to continue the process. That took two months to sort out. Then there was the issue of the “disconnect at boundary”. So the installer installed a wall box. Then the City said it was in the wrong place. So we moved it. Then it projected too far from the wall, so we had to cut into the wall and recess it. Now the supply pillar (City property) is non-conforming, so that has to be replaced first. That might happen this week, but letters have to be sent out to notify neighbours of the outage. Then there are specs (earthing specs) to be tested. And then I think the meter I paid for in Sept. might be installed, and we can restart the feed-in application. Talk about bureaucracy…
Not large (4KW of panels) but it is a holiday home so there is little to no usage much of the year. Figured may as well offset the rates and system could be expanded. Glad I wasn’t counting on the process being smooth. Today we find out the pillar replacement is scheduled, but they didn’t schedule anyone for the meter installation. That will happen when everyone else is on holiday… Just so bad it is a joke
