Dear, Just a friendly notification that the City of Cape Town's electricity prepayment vending system have been offline this morning, between the hours of 01:00am and 04:00am for planned maintenance. They've also experiencing technical difficulties on their prepaid electricity vending system, which has been down as of 9am on 18 December, 2018. Please be advised that The City of Cape Town has had to implement stage 1 rotational load-shedding in various areas/zones this festi

Due valued customer! I'm sure you are all well aware that Eskom has implemented stage 2 load-shedding country wide. It's very important to stay ahead and make sure you have all the necessary resources to make sure that you do not get left in the dark and to protect your appliances. A tip would be to switch off all your important appliances off at the plug when the power does get cut off, to protect from any electrical surge once the power gets cut back on. Below is a link t

You might have had a few concerns or questions while you go about making your prepaid electricity sales through our platform. Below we will discuss a few aspects and some news developments with regards to Powertime: SSL certification updates Recently, a new end-user encryption service provider has stepped in, requiring us to update our SSL certificates for our website. This has resulted in you experiencing an alarming error when trying to access your account online stating s

A Capetonian civil-engineer by the name of Jonny Harris, have developed a revolutionary new toilet which, according to reports, uses 2 litres of water compared to the averaged 11 litres per flush. So theoretically, this new toilet can save you up to 30% on your water bill.     Named Arumloo, after the arum lily that has a natural vortex shape, which the new toilet mimics. The new toilet can connect to urban sewage systems as well as areas where there are no sewerage syst

This past Sunday, Eskom has had to implement stage 1 rotational load-shedding in various areas of the City of Johannesburg. This comes after a strain on the grid due to over usage of electricity, resulting in a need to preserve emergency resources. Eskom, in a press release, pleads with consumers to use electricity sparingly during this period and going forward. The switching off of geysers, non-essential lights and electricity appliances can assist in reducing usage. The

According energy analyst, Ted Blom, the state-owned enterprise Eskom feels that they are entitled to hike fees by 90%. This figure is based on an over-estimation on sales amounting to R118 billion since 2013, which is what the parastatal is now attempting to recoup. This follows the double application by Eskom to NERSA, to increase the tariff by 15% The first claim relates to a backdated claim for a shortfall of R21.6 billion for the year 2017/2018. Eskom says that this sh

In case you have missed the important mid-term budget speech yesterday, here is a short recap of some important points to take note of: No major increase of taxes Mboweni said that government remains committed to sustainable public finances, and despite major spending pressures, the expenditure ceiling remains intact. This along with an 1.9% growth rate of non-interest spending, will see no major change in tax. The following items have also been marked for being zero-rated,

Urgent notice : After weeks of hard work on our side, we are pleased to announce that we have successfully resolved the vending issues with regards to Stellenbosch municipality . You should be able to successfully purchase for your Stellenbosch meter through our platform. If you have any issues with regards to your account with us, do not hesitate to contact us during business hours (07:00 - 19:00) at 021 911 5611, or send us a mail to our support email address, support@power

To all our valued customers and potential clients, please be advise of our support hours. If you require any assistance or if you have any questions about how it all works, you can contact us during the following times: Contact by: By Phone at +27 21 911 5611 Email Support at  support@powertime.co.za Support hours: Monday – Friday : 7:00AM – 19:00PM Saturday: 9:00AM – 13:00PM Sunday: 10:00AM – 14:00PM All Public Holidays : 9:00AM – 13:00PM

According to reports, Eskom released a statement on Monday evening confirming that they have only 20 days of coal supply left  at 10 of it's 15 coal-fired power stations, 4 of which has less than 10 days of reserves. This poses a huge risk to the power grid and national power supply.   Image: BusinessTech   This comes after Tegeta Resources and Exploration, one of Eskom's major suppliers of coal has cut supplies following their bid to seek insolvency protection. “Managem

We know how frustrating it can be when you trying to purchase electricity and all of a sudden you're hit with any of the following error messages: " Generic Error, see Mess1Content for details " , " Customer blocked. Customer must contact the service provider ." or  " Meter not active. (1003) - 07/07/07065176419 - Account in arrears <214> " . Or you have managed to buy a token, but for some reason the meter does not accept your token, below we have a brief look at what has h

The Drakenstein Municipality , which is the largest municipality in the Western Cape outside of the City of Cape Town, has decided to reduce the restriction level down from level 6b to level 5. This means that residents of the  Paarl, Wellington, Gouda, Saron, Hermon and Simondium areas will be restricted to 70 litres per person, per day. Councillor Conrad Poole, who is the executive mayor for Drakenstein Municipality, has decided to adopt the new water restriction level w

Risk of load-shedding low but could increase by this evening. In a statement released by Eskom on Monday evening (06 August 2018) they have said that the risk of load-shedding is low for Tuesday, however the advised that this risk could be increased during evening peak periods, that is between 19:00 and 21:00.   These issues around load-shedding comes after tensions between the power utility and it's employees resulted in wide spread industrial action, intimidation and vari

Tariffs and charges 2018/2019 Dear valued customer, please be advised that Nersa (The National energy regulator of South Africa) have decided to approve tariff increases put forward by Eskom for the upcoming year. The trend of tariff increases are set to continue in years to come, with the initial request from Eskom being 19.9%. As of the 1st of April, an approved average price increase of 5.23% will be implemented and this applies to all Eskom direct clients. An average pr

Save up to 25% more on your energy bill! As we all are probably aware of, the water geyser is arguably the most straining and piece of equipment and one of the biggest contributors to your energy bill. This in itself is a major reason why it's a good idea to ditch it in favor of something a little more, sustainable. But let's get delve a bit deeper: It saves electricity . This is obvious, since it does not depend on electricity to warm up your water. So what does this mean?

Despite struggling to meet power demand in South Africa in the past due to its ageing infrastructure, Eskom has recently signed a new five year agreement with its neighbor, Namibia. “Eskom has turned around and we are now open for business with surplus capacity available to empower economic growth,” Eskom said in a statement. “This agreement provides energy security to Namibia and allows for economic development and growth in the country without electricity availability con

Fin24.com | Wind, solar could cost R90bn less than nuclear - CSIR A re-optimised energy mix scenario, with 72% of renewables, could cost R90bn less than either of the IRP 2016’s base case and carbon scenarios. This is according to research presented by the CSIR's centre manager for energy, Dr Tobias Bischof-Niemz, who was speaking at a public forum on the Department of Energy’s (DoE) Independent Resource Plan (IRP) held in Boksburg last week. Read on the original site.

During the holiday season, you’re most likely going to light up your house with Christmas lights and beautiful Christmas decorations. Here are some Christmas energy saving tips that we put together to try and help you keep your electric bill down during the holiday season.   Christmas Energy Saving Tip #1: Use Candles When you a r e trying to come up with some beautiful lighting ideas, consider using candles. Lighting candles uses no energy and will provide some fantastic mo

Keeping up with the times, and the times are fast evolving especially in the renewable energy sector, the good old Solar PV solution has grown in leaps and bounds...and flight. The implementation of renewable technologies is an integral part of South Africa’s green economy. There has been noticeable progress in energy-efficient and renewable energy technologies, such as solar power.  South Africa has invested R32.8bn into transforming its energy sector, which relies heavily o

What is the REIPPPP? How does it work? What does it mean for the future of South Africa and the renewable energy sector as a whole? Energy Intelligence explores all these questions to provide a greater understanding in which is one of the greatest driving factors of renewable energy in South Africa. To access the article CLICK HERE