{"id":89914,"date":"2015-06-05T14:37:17","date_gmt":"2015-06-05T12:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=89914"},"modified":"2015-06-05T14:37:17","modified_gmt":"2015-06-05T12:37:17","slug":"30-of-sa-municipal-income-is-from-electricity-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/energy\/89914\/30-of-sa-municipal-income-is-from-electricity-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"30% of SA municipal income is from electricity sales"},"content":{"rendered":"

Acting Eskom CEO Brian Molefe recently said that he has discussed the idea of bypassing municipalities as electricity distributors in future.<\/p>\n

Molefe told MPs that municipalities which were not paying Eskom could be bypassed as distributors. Instead, the households \u2013 and businesses \u2013 could in future be supplied directly by Eskom.<\/p>\n

How would municipalities be affected if this proposal is adopted? Approximately half of the country’s 283 municipalities who distribute electricity for Eskom and derive a considerable portion of their revenue base from extra levies charged for power provision.<\/p>\n

According to StasSA<\/a>, approximately 30% of total municipal income was earned from sales of electricity during the 2012\/13 financial year. That is R77.2 billion out of a total income of R258 billion.<\/p>\n

“The financial viability of many municipalities could be tenuous if they were no longer able to trade economic services, such as electricity,” the stats body said.<\/p>\n

In the major economic hubs,\u00a0 37.1% of income in Gauteng municipalities, is earned from electricity sales, followed by Western Cape at 31.1%.<\/p>\n

\"Portion<\/a>

Portion of municipal income earned from electricity sales<\/p><\/div>\n

A host of municipalities earned more than 40% of their income from electricity sales in 2012\/13, with sales at uMhlathuze (Empangeni and Richards Bay) accounting for 53.5%, StatsSA noted.<\/p>\n

One metropolitan council appeared in the list: Ekurhuleni (42.1%), placing 10th overall.<\/p>\n

\"Municipalities<\/a>

Municipalities that earn more than 40 from electricity sales<\/p><\/div>\n

More on Municipalities and Eskom<\/h3>\n

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Eskom non-payers get cut from funding<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Eskom price hike decision in June<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Eskom\u2019s greed will lead to bankruptc<\/a>y<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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