All Small-Scale Embedded Generation (SSEG) systems must be authorised by Kouga Local Municipality before installation. This requirement helps ensure that systems are safe, compliant, and legally connected to the municipal electricity network.
SSEG systems include solar photovoltaic (PV) installations, battery-only storage systems, and alternative energy technologies such as wind, biogas, generator, and micro-hydro systems.
Safety and Compliance
Firstly, municipal registration helps protect both residents and municipal employees. Incorrectly connected or unapproved systems can create serious safety risks, including electrocution and fire hazards.
In addition, unregistered systems may affect insurance claims if damage or accidents occur. For this reason, residents are encouraged to ensure that all systems meet the required safety and compliance standards before use.
Supporting the Electricity Network
At the same time, proper registration helps the municipality manage the electricity network more effectively as more households adopt self-generation solutions.
Unregistered systems can place additional pressure on the grid and may affect the reliability and stability of electricity supply in surrounding areas. Authorised systems therefore support better planning, monitoring, and long-term network management.
Work With Qualified Installers
Residents should work with qualified installers who understand municipal compliance requirements. Furthermore, homeowners are encouraged to confirm that quotations and service agreements include all required documentation, testing, and certification costs.
Importantly, registration and authorisation through the municipality are free of charge. However, installers or third-party service providers may charge professional fees to assist with applications and compliance processes.
By registering SSEG systems correctly, residents contribute to a safer, more reliable, and better-managed electricity network across the Kouga region.
Why
Will there be extra charges
Is this not another way of extorting money
Hi,
This is not mandatory,unless you are feeding back into the grid. I wouldnt give my details.
Still struggling to get registered. The Kouga Municipality keep changing the requirements for Body Corporates/Complexes.
OUTA’s position is clear. What a homeowner does behind the meter on their own property – to reduce reliance on an unstable and expensive electricity supplier – is of no real business to the supplier, provided the installation is safe, compliant in terms of national legislation, and the customer continues to pay for electricity in line with their contract with the distributor.” says Wayne Duvenage. “This means that if your solar installation has a valid CoC, which addresses the safety concerns that are often cited by Eskom and Municipalities, you are doing what is required of you.”
In terms of the Occupational Health & Safety Act, the Electrical Installation Regulations, and the mandatory national standard SANS 10142-1, a residential electrical installation, including solar PV electrical must have a valid CoC issued by a duly qualified and accredited installation electrician / electrical contractor that is registered with the Department of Labour & Employment, before the system is commissioned.
OUTA believes the recent intimidating letters sent to consumers and public announcements by Eskom and some municipalities, regarding the need to register and/or obtain permission for solar system installations, amounts to coercive tactics designed to create fear and panic and to force unwarranted so called “compliance” requirements. We have however noticed a toning down of Eskom’s stance of disconnections and fines, reflected in recent media reports over the past few days, which suggests more uncertainty and a realisation that Eskom and municipal plans in this regard are not in sync with the powers presumably attributed to them.
I have solar system that simply cycles water through the tubes to the geyser. There is no electrical connection to the grid or municipal supply in any way. Surely this is exempt from any registration.