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Category: Trim the tariff
Eskom Electricity Easter Special (buy 100 get 10 free!)
It’s the most wonderful time of the year… not Christmas, not Easter. It’s cheap Electricity hack day! Okay it’s not buy 100 get 10 free, but it is save 12.7% on units you buy now, rather than later – as long as you are smart! That’s right! If you are on Eskom prepaid at this…
Cheap Electricity for 10 days only! (Update: 20th June 2023)
It’s been a long time since we reminded you of this – but here we go – you only have 10 days until the price of electricity goes up by almost 18% (in the City of Cape Town at least). So get them whilst they are cheap! Once again we’re bringing you some AMAZING news.…
One day left – Eskom Price rises hit tomorrow
Tomorrow, April 1st, Eskom will be rising it’s prices for all direct customers. You’ve got just today left to ‘top up your tank’ before the price rises by 12.7%. But you need to be smart about it. If you just go out and fill-up, you could be paying 70% more than you need to.
Get ready for R2000 electricity bills
Eskom have indeed officially asked for a 25% increase in tariffs starting in April/July this year. This means that prices for a typical houseshold consuming around 1000kwh each month can expect bills over R2000 each month by 2017.
Will your tank last until the price drop?
From Wednesday, Petrol will be 45c per litre cheaper everywhere in South Africa. So if you’re not quite empty, then hold on until after Wednesday; and if you are, maybe don’t fill up all the way! http://www.fin24.com/Economy/Petrol-price-bonus-for-motorists-20141031 It works the same way for electricity too. If you’re on a domestic tariff, it may be MUCH…
How far we’ve come – a history of electricity tariffs
Inspired by a forum post on mybroadband, I decided to dig into my history books and pull out what the old electricity tariffs were. It turns out that a house that was paying R500 per month in 2008, will be paying R2000 in 2018, but surprisingly it’s not always been price increases ever year.
Shocking electricity prices – not surprising!
With all the talk this week of Eskom being effectively bailed out by the government, you might have missed one killer detail. It’s not just future taxes that we’ll have to pay to keep Eskom going, but also we’ll be hit in the pocket in our electricity bills. Maybe as much as R12,000 extra on…
Official: Prices will be rising AGAIN!
So it’s official, electricity prices will be rising harder and faster than the 8% already planned. NERSA have agreed that Eskom can raises prices more than 8% next April, but they haven’t agreed exactly how much yet! “South African power utility firm Eskom has been given permission to raise electricity prices next year above the…
How much does my geyser cost?
Every month I pour R350 down the drain; and I’m sure you do to. That’s how much I spend on heating water for showers, washing dishes. Geysers and Hot water are a great place to focus any energy-saving measures as for most homes it’s the single biggest spender. This post helps you work out how much…
Municipality price rises – what can you do?
Following on from our article in March on the Eskom price increases and how you can at least delay your price rise, we thought it might make sense to give you a bit more warning about the municipality price rises in July. The headlines are – pretty much everyone is getting an 6-8% price rise.