On Friday, 28 June 2024, the Gauteng High Court interdicted numerous municipalities from increasing electricity prices on 1 July 2024.
The need for cost studies as part of tariff increase applications are also prescribed by the Electricity Regulation Act 4 of 2006. “The applications of municipalities that do not have cost studies are at this stage simply based on an estimate of what it costs to provide the service,” he said. However, only 66 of these municipalities submitted cost studies as required by the 2022 High Court order and Electricity Regulation Act 4 of 2006.
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