We have an intial and the supplimentary COC for the property. System is up and running and you are ready to register, it cant be that difficult.
Where do we start, first find all the relevant info on your local electricity department website.
Find the application form and you realise that it is not that simple.
The document has to be filled out by the installer, the owner and an engineer.
This is where it gets interesting, you thought you had saved money getting the installer to design and install the system and left out the engineer.
You budgeted for the system, took a loan from the bank and maxed out the funds with the installation.
This is wher eit is going to get interesting.
You have to decide who is going to register the system, can the customer do the application without the installer and the engineer, no, all 3 signitures have to be on the application form.
Now you you looking at increasing your credit card limit to fork out the registration costs, the installer is going want to be pad for the time, the engineer is going to want their cut.
If you read the quote you will notice that it only includes a comment about offer the services of an engineer, not the cost for the engineer.
YOu thought it cant get any worse, well you add a more zeros to the application, because now to register the system, the engineer must check the design and installation, verify the COC is legit and the installtion is installed correctly.
What should the registration cost.
I hear anything from R2500.00 - R20 000.00
Then there is stil lthe meter which has to be replaced, someone must pay for the meter to be replaced with an elctronic meter suitable for bidirctional metering.
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