Enable municipalities to procure from households

Not yet effective as municipalities still need to be equipped to do this. The high uptake of rooftop solar will generate a significant amount of excess power that can be sold back to the grid.

September 15, 2025

Enabling municipalities to procure excess electricity from households

Municipalities are allowed to procure excess electricity from households (for example, from rooftop solar). This requires appropriate equipment to allow for net metering (that can track electricity fed to the grid as well as taken from it). Cape Town has introduced a net metering scheme in 2023 but to date is the only municipality to…

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