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eThekwini (Durban) electricity tariffs, 2026/27
Every approved electricity tariff in
eThekwini Municipality through eThekwini Electricity for 2026/27, from the schedules the
municipality and the regulator publish. All rates on this page include
VAT at 15%.
Tariff year shown2026/27
600 kWh a month costsR2 467
Tariff categories13
Standard home bill+9.0% on 2025/26
A 600 kWh month, year by year
On the tariff a 600 kWh home is billed on
(Domestic Scale 3, 4, 8, 9 & 13), VAT included.
Estimate a bill for your own usage or go back to the municipality comparison.
The full 2026/27 schedule
Hover a charge for the printed wording where it needs
context. Export credit scales and once-off fees are not part of a
monthly bill and are not listed.
Domestic Scale 12
residential, prepaid · Free Basic Electricity tariff for registered indigent customers; the RFD does not restate the monthly free kWh
| Charge | Applies to | Rate (VAT in) | Unit |
|---|
| Energy | | 267.13 | c/kWh |
Domestic Scale 3, 4, 8, 9 & 13
residential, conventional · RFD prints one line for all five scales; this entry covers the credit scales 3 and 4
| Charge | Applies to | Rate (VAT in) | Unit |
|---|
| Energy | | 411.09 | c/kWh |
Domestic Scale 3, 4, 8, 9 & 13
residential, prepaid · RFD prints one line for all five scales; this entry covers the prepaid scales 8, 9 and 13
| Charge | Applies to | Rate (VAT in) | Unit |
|---|
| Energy | | 411.09 | c/kWh |
Scale 1: Business and General (Option 1)
business, conventional
| Charge | Applies to | Rate (VAT in) | Unit |
|---|
| Fixed charge | | 607.38 | R/month |
| Energy | winter | 477.79 | c/kWh |
| Energy | summer | 461.02 | c/kWh |
Scale 1: Business and General (Option 2)
business, conventional
| Charge | Applies to | Rate (VAT in) | Unit |
|---|
| Fixed charge | | 607.38 | R/month |
| Energy | | 464.20 | c/kWh |
Commercial Prepaid Tariff Scale10, 11 & 14
business, prepaid
| Charge | Applies to | Rate (VAT in) | Unit |
|---|
| Energy | | 515.41 | c/kWh |
Scale 2 (Meter 002): Business and General Obsolete tariff
business, conventional · obsolete tariff closed to new customers
| Charge | Applies to | Rate (VAT in) | Unit |
|---|
| Energy | | 200.74 | c/kWh |
| Energy | | 477.73 | c/kWh |
| Fixed charge | | 627.84 | R/month |
Scale 2 (Meter 021): Business and General Obsolete tariff
business, conventional · obsolete tariff closed to new customers
| Charge | Applies to | Rate (VAT in) | Unit |
|---|
| Energy | peak | 678.50 | c/kWh |
| Energy | off-peak | 200.74 | c/kWh |
| Fixed charge | | 627.84 | R/month |
Residential Time of Use (TOU)
residential, tou · the city's 2025/26 booklet marked RTOU as not active pending smart metering; NERSA approves the rates as printed
| Charge | Applies to | Rate (VAT in) | Unit |
|---|
| Fixed charge | | 324.42 | R/month |
| Energy | peak | 602.39 | c/kWh |
| Energy | standard | 300.95 | c/kWh |
| Energy | off-peak | 222.90 | c/kWh |
Commercial Time of Use (TOU)
business, tou
| Charge | Applies to | Rate (VAT in) | Unit |
|---|
| Fixed charge | | 852.40 | R/month |
| Energy | winter peak | 804.93 | c/kWh |
| Energy | winter standard | 402.75 | c/kWh |
| Energy | winter off-peak | 196.20 | c/kWh |
| Energy | summer peak | 397.13 | c/kWh |
| Energy | summer standard | 319.48 | c/kWh |
| Energy | summer off-peak | 185.84 | c/kWh |
| Demand | | 171.79 | R/kVA |
Industrial Time of Use (TOU)
industrial, tou · energy rates are NERSA's unbundled base rates (the city booklet bundles the c/kWh adders into its printed rates)
| Charge | Applies to | Rate (VAT in) | Unit |
|---|
| Fixed charge | | 9 291.99 | R/month |
| Energy | winter peak | 736.89 | c/kWh |
| Energy | winter standard | 184.22 | c/kWh |
| Energy | winter off-peak | 122.81 | c/kWh |
| Energy | summer peak | 305.81 | c/kWh |
| Energy | summer standard | 171.95 | c/kWh |
| Energy | summer off-peak | 122.81 | c/kWh |
| Demand | | 69.93 | R/kVA |
| Demand | | 202.99 | R/kVA |
| Levy | | 0.44 | c/kWh |
| Levy | | 24.46 | c/kWh |
| Levy | | 6.29 | c/kWh |
Wheeling Internal
business, tou · new tariff in 2026/27 (RFD marks every line 'New App'); use-of-system charges for internally wheeled energy
| Charge | Applies to | Rate (VAT in) | Unit |
|---|
| Network charge | | 13 698.42 | R/month |
| Network charge | winter peak | 768.07 | c/kWh |
| Network charge | winter standard | 215.41 | c/kWh |
| Network charge | winter off-peak | 154.00 | c/kWh |
| Network charge | summer peak | 337.00 | c/kWh |
| Network charge | summer standard | 203.14 | c/kWh |
| Network charge | summer off-peak | 154.00 | c/kWh |
Wheeling External
business, tou · new tariff in 2026/27; the TOU energy lines are printed 'As per Eskom Credits' with no numeric values, so only the basic charge is stored
| Charge | Applies to | Rate (VAT in) | Unit |
|---|
| Network charge | | 13 698.42 | R/month |
Sources
The numbers above are transcribed from these documents:
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