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ZESA
Bills Shock Residents
Extracted
from The Resident issue 33
Combined Harare
Residents' Association (CHRA)
March 16, 2004
It never rains
but pours for the resident and ratepayer in Harare. The Zimbabwe
Electricity Supply Authority announced increases in electricity
effective 01 January 2004. A snap survey of the increases is tabled
below:
Domestic
Customers
|
Item
|
Basic
Charges
|
Dvpt
& RE Levies
|
Levies
&VAT
|
|
Conventional
Meter
a) A fixed monthly charge
|
1391.84
|
1544.94
|
1544.94
|
|
b) Energy
Consmption per kWh - (i) 1st 50kWh
|
14.91
|
16.55
|
16.55
|
|
(ii) 51-300
kWh
|
16.32
|
18.11
|
18.11
|
|
(iii)
301-1000kWh
|
38.28
|
42.49
|
42.49
|
|
(iv) Balance
|
39.67
|
44.04
|
44.04
|
For residents
with Prepayment metres, charges for the Standard are pegged at 37.41.
The Stepped Prepayment meter charges are set as 33.92 for consumption
within the 1st 50 kWh, 35,44 for the 51-300kWh range, 36,90 for
the 301-1000kWh range and the balance is set as 38.44. The increases
in the domestic usage have been set at 10%.
ZESA's increases
for the Industrial and Commercial Enterprises have been pegged at
between 400 and 1000%. The Mining and Industrial customers will
be charged a fixed monthly fee of 69278.75 (low voltage supply)
whilst the commercial customers will be charged 67920.77 (Low Voltage
Supply)
The Combined
Harare Residents Association invited the authority to address chairpersons
over the increases at an Executive Committee Meeting held on the
6th of March at the Advocacy Centre. The increases have been attributed
to the lack of foreign currency to purchase spares and new equipment
for the authority. ZESA also apportioned blame on the continued
vandalism of ZESA machinery by thieves and urged residents to assist
them in watching over the substations.
Residents recommended
at the meeting that ZESA engages the Zimbabwe Republic Police in
securing the stations because residents associations did not have
the capacity to do the monitoring of the stations. It was also stated
that the authority be able to purchase new equipment because the
auction system introduced in Zimbabwe allowed for the authority
to instruct its bankers to acquire the requisite funds for them
on the auction market.
Visit the CHRA
fact sheet
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