Question NW305 to the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy
08 March 2024 - NW305
Halse, Ms T to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy
What is his department doing to ensure that municipal administrations stop inflating electricity tariffs through the gap between the approval of tariffs in Council and approval from National Energy Regulator of South Africa?
Reply:
- Subsequent to the tariff approvals, NERSA requests tariff schedules from municipalities and compares them with the approved tariffs to ensure that the correct tariffs are being charged to customers. Further to this, when municipal compliance audits are conducted, NERSA checks the approved tariffs against the implemented tariffs to ensure that there are no discrepancies. It must, however, be noted that municipalities charge surcharges in addition to the NERSA-approved tariffs. Such surcharges fall outside of NERSA’s regulatory mandate.