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Isizathu esikhulu esenza abathengi babone ukuthi ugesi ubiza kakhulu inyanga yonke i-incline block tariff structures.
Uhlelo lwe-inclining block tariff (IBT) ekuqaleni lwasetshenziswa umlawuli i-Nersa ukuze kuncishiswe imindeni ehola kancane esebenzisa ugesi omncane kakhulu. Omasipala bagcine sebelusebenzisa lolu hlaka.
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Isebenza kanjani
Lezi zinhlelo ze-tariff zihlukanisa intengo kagesi kumabhulokhi ambalwa (imvamisa cishe amathathu).
Intengo ngeyunithi ngayinye – noma ihora le-kilowatt (kWh) – ishibhe kakhulu ebhlokini yokuqala.
Njengoba ukusetshenziswa kukhuphuka, intela ingena kubhulokhi yesibili, lapho inani leyunithi ngayinye libiza kakhulu. Bese kuba okwesithathu, njalonjalo. Ukuhamba phakathi kwalezi ntengo ngeyunithi ngayinye kuzenzakalela. Ekupheleni kwenyanga, ukusetshenziswa kumiswa kabusha, futhi ikhasimende liqala inyanga elandelayo kubhulokhi yokuqala.
Ngenxa yokuthi konke lokhu kwenzeka ngokushintshashintsha, akusho lutho ukuthi ikhasimende lithenga u-R1 000 kagesi ekuqaleni kwenyanga, u-R500 ekuqaleni no-R500 phakathi, noma u-R250 masonto onke.
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Njengoba kubonakala kulokhu kuhlukaniswa okulandelayo, ukuthi ugesi u-R1 500 uthengwa ekuqaleni kwenyanga, uhlukaniswe ube u-R1 000 bese u-R500 kamuva, noma ukuthengwa okulinganayo kwama-R500 kumunye, akwenzi mehluko enanini lika-R500. amayunithi (noma i-kWh) umuntu ayitholayo ngesamba esichithiwe, ngakho-ke akukho mehluko enanini eliyisilinganiso nge-kWh/yunithi ngayinye.
Ezinye izimali
Umuntu angase acabangele imali yangempela yokuthengiselana kukagesi okhokhelwa kusengaphambili. Amabhange angakhokhisa imali efinyelela ku-R2.70 ngokuthenga ngakunye, okusho ukuthi ukuthenga okuningi ngenyanga kuzosho izimo eziningi zale mali. Nokho, ngokuvamile ukuthenga okwenziwa kuvuliwe ebhange izinhlelo zokusebenza zimahhala noma zibiza kancane.
Okubalulekile, lokhu kuhlaziya akubandakanyi amamitha akhokhelwa ngaphambili afakwe abanikazi bezindlu kulokho okubizwa ngesizotha ngokuthi ‘i-sub-metering’.
Intengo kulawa mamitha ivamise ukuba phezulu kunezintela ezishicilelwe ngabakwa-Eskom noma omasipala futhi ilinganiselwe ngokuyisicaba (ngenani eliphakeme ngeyunithi ngayinye) noma isebenzisa isistimu ye-incline block tariff.
Lokhu kuvame ukufaka amanani okubuyiselwa kwesakhiwo (phakathi kuka-0% no-5%, okusetshenziswa kukagesi ezindaweni ezivamile), izimali zesiteshi (ngokuvamile u-3% kuya ku-5%, okwenziwa kabusha kwemishini) kanye nemali yesevisi (efika ku-10%). Lokhu kusho ukuthi ekukhokhisweni ngakunye ngakunye, cishe u-15% ungaya ezinkokhelweni, omunye u-15% kube intela ye-value-added (Vat). Lapho uthenga u-R1 000, lokhu kusho ukuthi u-R700 kuphela ozosetshenziswa ekuthengeni ugesi wangempela.
Ukusetshenziswa kwanyanga zonke kubalulekile
Ukubekela eceleni ukuthi ukuthenga kuhlukaniswa kanjani phakathi nenyanga, kubalulekile ukuthi abathengi bangawuthengi ugesi omningi kunalokho abazowusebenzisa ngenyanga.
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Amayunithi angasetshenzisiwe (kWh) adluliselwa enyangeni ezayo – kodwa yilapho kanye izinto zisethwa kabusha zibe amanani ‘ebhulokhi ephansi’, kuyilapho amayunithi angasetshenzisiwe ngokuvamile eyobe ethengwe ngenani eliphezulu leyunithi ngayinye.
Kulokhu kuhlaziywa okungenhla, umuntu uyabona ukuthi uma umuzi uthenga u-R2 500 kagesi kodwa usebenzisa u-R1 500 kuphela, intengo yawo emaphakathi ingu-R2.46.
Kodwa umehluko phakathi kwaleyo ntengo (yamayunithi angama-364 angasetshenzisiwe adluliswayo) uma kuqhathaniswa nenani lebhulokhi lokuqala (R2.10) elingukhiye.
Kulesi sibonelo, ikhasimende likhokha u-17% ngaphezulu ngokungenasidingo ngo-350kWh walo wokuqala.
Ngakho-ke, kubalulekile ukuqinisekisa ukuthi uma umuntu esesakhiwo se-IBT, ukuthi amayunithi ambalwa ngangokunokwenzeka adluliselwe enyangeni elandelayo.
Ngezinombolo eziphansi zamayunithi, yithi, 50, umehluko wentengo awuyona leyo nto. Kodwa kungaba wubuwula ukuthenga ugesi ka-R2 000 uma umuntu esebenzisa u-R1 000 kuphela.
Izindaba ezimnandi
Esicelweni sakamuva se-tariff, u-Eskom uthi i-IBT njengohlaka lwentela “ayisafaneleki, amakhasimende akayithandi, futhi kunzima ukuyiqonda nokuyichaza”.
Ngokwalesi sizathu, U-Eskom iphakamisa “ukukhipha isakhiwo se-IBT”.
Ifuna ukwethula kabusha izindleko zenethiwekhi ezingaguquki kubasebenzisi bezindawo zokuhlala futhi yethule intela yesikhathi sokusebenzisa.
Nakuba kungasebenzi ngempela esikhaleni esikhokhelwa ngaphambili, u-Eskom uyaphawula ukuthi, ngokuvamile, uhlaka lwe-IBT “lukhuthaza kakhulu amakhasimende asebenzisa kakhulu ukusebenzisa enye imithombo yamandla kanye nokonga kwamandla, okuholela ekulahlekelweni kwemali yangempela” yensiza.
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Ocwaningweni olwenziwa kumakhasimende akwa-Eskom ngonyaka odlule, u-59% wabaphendulile uthe uyakuqonda ukuthi amanani entengo asebenza kanjani. Abangaphezu kwengxenye (54%) bathi “banombono ongemuhle mayelana nentela, ngenxa yokuthi amanani entengo athathwa njenganesijeziso, angenabulungiswa, asho izinselelo mayelana nokuthengeka kanye nezindleko zokuphila eziphakeme”. Izingxenye ezimbili kwezintathu eziphawulekayo zabaphendulile (67%) bathi “abakholelwa ukuthi udinga ukukhokha ngaphezulu ngeyunithi ngayinye uma usebenzisa ugesi owengeziwe” esakhiweni se-IBT. Uhlelo lwakwa-Eskom lwentela yokudayisa, okuhlanganisa ukwehliswa kwe-IBT, alukagunyazwa Nersa.
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