U-Eskom ubambe amakhasimende angu-400,000 angakhokhi ugesi – ubeka umnqamulajuqu omusha kwabanye

inkampani yakwa-Eskom ithi ukugingqika kwamamitha kagesi wekhadi kuvumele ukuthi ibambe amakhasimende angu-400,000 abengakhokhi ngaphambilini – wonke asewukhokhela ugesi njengoba kufanele.

Ekuhlaziyeni uhlelo lwayo lokweqa kanye nokuthuthukisa, u-Eskom uthe akugcinanga nje ngokukwazi ukuguqula labo ababizwa ngokuthi “abathengi abaziziro”, ukwazile nokuvuselela isisekelo samakhasimende esikhokhelwa ngaphambili sibe yinani lakamuva lamamitha ayizigidi eziyisi-7.25.

Kusukela mhla zingama-24 kuLwezi—umnqamulajuqu wokwedluliswa kwamamitha akhokhelwa kuqala kanye nosuku ngemva kwalokho amasistimu aphelelwe yisikhathi angeke esakwazi ukukhipha amayunithi kagesi—amakhasimende ayizigidi ezi-5.5, okuhlanganisa nama-converts angu-400,000 aziro, aqedile ukuhlehlisa futhi asebenzisa uhlelo olusha lwe-KRN2.

Abantu abangawuthengi ugesi behlile bafinyelela kumakhasimende angu-1.7 million, kusho u-Eskom.

Igama elithi “Zero buyers” igama elingaguquki elisetshenziswa u-Eskom ukuchaza amakhasimende asebenzisa ugesi kodwa angawukhokheli ngamashaneli asemthethweni, noma nhlobo. Lawa makhasimende abe/athenga amayunithi kubathengisi ‘bezipoki’, noma kungenzeka adlule noma aphazanyiswe amamitha awo.

“Sicela la makhasimende ukuthi enze okufanele ngoLwesihlanu, 13 December 2024, ngokuvakashela izizinda eziseduze zakwa-Eskom,” kusho isitatimende.

Wonke amakhasimende akhokhayo athenge ugesi ngaphambi komnqamulajuqu, amamitha awo enziwe ukuthi ahambisane ne-KRN2 futhi abhekene nobunzima azosizwa ekuqedeleni lolu hlelo futhi ngeke ajeziswe ngokungafanele.
Abathengi abangenaziro abathenge ugesi ngaphambi komnqamulajuqu futhi abangakwazi ukulayisha amamitha abo kufanele beze neziliphu/amathokheni abo e-Eskom Hub eseduze ngoLwesihlanu, mhla ziyi-13 kuDecember wezi-2024, ukuze basizwe. Amakhasimende ayanxuswa ukuthi angalindi usuku lokugcina lokunwetshwa.

Insiza ibeke izinto ezibalulekile ezibalulekile kumakhasimende, kuye ngesimo sawo nezinkinga ezidinga ukuxazululwa

• Abangawuthengi ugesi abathenge ugesi ngaphambi komnqamulajuqu kodwa abanodaba oluhlobene namamitha, njengemitha elahlekile, eyeqile, noma ephazamisekile, kufanele beze ngaphambili ezikhungweni zakwa-Eskom ngoLwesihlanu, 13 December 2024. Izimo zabo zizohlolwa, kukhishwe izinhlawulo. uma kudingeka futhi ukubuyekezwa kwamamitha kanye nokushintshwa kuzobe sekuhleliwe.
• Abathengi abangu-Zero abaye baphumela obala kodwa abathenganga noma bazama ukuthenga amathokheni kagesi zingama-24 kuLwezi 2024 bayakhuthazwa ukuthi bathenge amathokheni kagesi ngaphambi komhla ziyi-13 kuZibandlela wezi-2024. Amamitha awo azocutshungulwa, futhi inhlawulo yokuphazamisa kanye nezindleko zokushintshwa kwamamitha zizocutshungulwa futhi zikhishwe ngokufanele. . Bangaqhamuka noma nini.