RESIDENTS who wish to install and utilise a small-scale embedded generation (SSEG), are required to contact Kouga Municipality’s electrical department to register the intended SSEG installation prior to doing s
SSEG installations include solar panels, wind energy generation, inverters, and the use of generators.
Section 39(1) of the Kouga Municipality Electrical Supply By-law as promulgated by the municipality on 22 February 2021, together with the provisions of the SSEC policy, provides that SSEG installations may not be installed without the approval of the municipality and such installations must be conducted by service providers registered at, and certified by, applicable regulatory bodies.
Any failure to so register the SSEG installations constitutes a contravention of the by-law.
Contact details in areas under distribution license:
- Humansdorp: Kenneth du Preez at kdupreez@kouga.gov.za
- Jeffreys Bay: Mandla Mangembe at mmangembe@kouga.gov.za
- St Francis Bay: Bennie Bosch at bbosch@kouga.gov.za
Residents’ full cooperation in this regard will be highly appreciated.
Ha ! – If I understand correctly, now you must register your existing (and new) generators and solar installations – the latest bureaucratic ploy from our DA Municipality to control us – and add to the costs we already incur compensating for the ESKOM disaster.
No doubt you will also be expected to pay to register your installation.
And, of course, this will increase the revenue the Municipality can extract from us who are law-abiding citizens.
Wonder why the Muni doesn’t also consider registering and licencing all the illegal electricity connections – maybe too much of a hard target ?
Looks like this Muni is currently on a major revenue enhancement drive – and this after just publishing the new Property Valuations Roll with many truly ludicrous increases in value.
And, just wait for it, after everyone has registered your generators and solar installations, sooner or later, you likely will be required to pay an annual licence fee for your installations at some extortionate municipal fee.
Am I alone in my opinions ? – support and protest is necessary – let these politicians that purport to represent us know about how we think they are doing their jobs – or not.
It’s absolutely disgraceful, pure money making extortion. We are now being targeted and penalised for being proactive in trying to overcome the pathetic failure of the government to provide a reliable energy source. We should absolutely boycott this transparent attempt to extort money out of law abiding ratepayers who are endevouring to navigate, at significant personal expense, the utter incompetancy of the government and eskom.
Renewable energy should be supported like in first world countries with tax incentives and government subsidies. In SA small power producers also need to be recognised like in first world countries by being payed for power produced over what they consume. Compensation for turning their meters backwards. We need all of this to make renewable viable. This regulatory system appears to be positioning itself to stand in the way of renewable energy progress. If that is the case it would be short sighted and someone would need to be fired.