Big change to electricity bills in South Africa planned

• The South African government plans to introduce a revised electricity pricing policy that will allow customers to see the true price of electricity by unbundling tariffs across different activities.
• The policy, approved by cabinet for public consultation, aims to strengthen the regulatory framework governing electricity prices, tariffs, and charges, and will categorize customers into different classes based on their consumption levels.
• The implementation of the revised policy is expected to bring about transparency and efficiency in the allocation of free basic electricity, with the potential to increase the allocation from the current 50kWh to 150kWh per month for qualifying households.