
Tracey Ledger
Senior Researcher and Just Transition Programme Lead at the Public Affairs Research Institute (PARI) in South Africa, specializing in energy poverty, institutional reform, and food systems
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Jul 16, 2026
African Bank plans to cut 1,200 jobs in major overhaul & Eskom Green approved for liftoff
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Tracey LedgerGUEST
I think it, it's-- there's no doubt that the City of Cape Town is, is leading in terms of feed-in tariffs and in terms of flexibility to allow consumers to feed excess power into the grid.

Tracey LedgerGUEST
And what we're saying is that what, what we've seen in some of the other municipalities is a, is a slightly more confrontational approach taken by the municipality.

Tracey LedgerGUEST
So for example, if you have solar panels, then you're not allowed to be on prepaid anymore, and you have to go to a much more expensive post-paid account.

Tracey LedgerGUEST
And unfortunately, what these municipalities are doing is they're just creating an incentive for people to go off grid, particularly because electricity prices are going up by significant amounts above inflation and, and salary increases.

Tracey LedgerGUEST
So what municipalities are doing is they're creating an incentive for people to go off the grid, which is exactly what they don't want.
