NERSA Seeks Comments on FY2026/27 Electricity Tariff Applications for Three Municipalities
Summary
NERSA has published electricity tariff applications for FY2026/27 for City of Ekurhuleni, Mogale City, and Naledi Municipality, seeking written comments from affected parties. The High Court of South Africa, Gauteng Division, Pretoria issued judgments on 16, 17, and 24 March 2026 allowing the three municipalities to deviate from standard timelines. Comment deadlines are 10 May 2026 for City of Ekurhuleni and Mogale City, and 14 May 2026 for Naledi Municipality. NERSA will publish applications including cost of supply studies on its website and social media platforms.
“NERSA will publish the tariff applications, including the cost of supply studies on the NERSA website (at http://www.nersa.org.za under 'Electricity>Pricing>Local Authorities & Private Distributors'), social media platforms and newspapers to solicit written comments from affected parties.”
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NERSA is publishing municipal electricity tariff applications for FY2026/27 following High Court judgments that permitted City of Ekurhuleni, Mogale City, and Naledi Municipality to deviate from standard approval timelines. The applications, including cost of supply studies, will be published on the NERSA website, social media platforms, and newspapers. Stakeholders may submit written comments to municcomments@nersa.org.za by specified deadlines.
Municipal electricity distributors and energy stakeholders should review the published tariff applications and cost of supply studies when available. Submissions must be made via email with separate deadlines for each municipality. NERSA will forward received comments to municipalities for reply and communicate its decision along with reasons by 22 May 2026.
What to do next
- Stakeholders are invited to submit comments on the published tariff applications to municcomments@nersa.org.za on or before 10 May 2026 for City of Ekurhuleni and Mogale City and 14 May 2026 for Naledi Municipality.
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NOTICE OF PUBLICATION OF MUNICIPAL ELECTRICITY TARIFF APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2026/27 FINANCIAL YEAR FOR CITY OF EKURHULENI, MOGALE CITY, AND NALEDI MUNICIPALITY WHO HAVE FILED A NOTICE OF MOTION SEEKING TO DEPART FROM TIMELINES SET BY THE HIGH COURT JUDGMENT
The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) is a regulatory authority established as a juristic person in terms of section 3 of the National Energy Regulator Act, 2004 (Act No. 40 of 2004). NERSA's mandate is to regulate the electricity, piped-gas and petroleum pipelines industries in terms of the Electricity Regulation Act, 2006 (Act No. 4 of 2006), the Gas Act, 2001 (Act No. 48 of 2001) and the Petroleum Pipelines Act, 2003 (Act No. 60 of 2003). On 16, 17 and 24 March 2026, the High Court of South Africa, Gauteng Division, Pretoria allowed the three municipalities to deviate from the set timelines and follow a different timeline to approve its tariff applications for FY2026/27. NERSA will publish the tariff applications, including the cost of supply studies on the NERSA website (at http://www.nersa.org.za under 'Electricity>Pricing>Local Authorities & Private Distributors'), social media platforms and newspapers to solicit written comments from affected parties. The notices will be published in two (2) official languages. The timelines for the decision-making process in relation to the abovementioned tariff applications is provided in Table 1 and 2 below.
Table 1: Timelines for City of Ekurhuleni and Mogale City Municipality
- NERSA submits comments received for reply 5. Municipalities submit replies to comments to 8. Communication of the decision and publishing
- Submission of tariff application 6. Finalisation of the public participation process 20 April 2026 15 May 2026 2. NERSA publication of the application 3. Closing date for public participation 7. Consideration of the application and decision by municipalities NERSA of the reasons for decision 20 April 2026 10 May 2026 11 May 2026 14 May 2026 22 May 2026 22 May 2026 Timeframe Activity
Table 2: Timelines for Naledi Municipality
Stakeholders are invited to submit comments on the published tariff applications for the FY2026/27 to the following email address: municcomments@nersa.org.za on or before 10 May 2026 for City of Ekurhuleni and Mogale City and 14 May 2026 for Naledi Municipality.
Notice Of NERSA's Decision to Publish Municipal Electricity Tariff Applications for the 2026/27 Financial Year
- NERSA submits comments received for reply 13. Municipalities submit replies to comments to 16. Communication of the decision and publishing
- Closing date for public participation 15. Consideration of the application and decision by municipalities NERSA of the reasons for decision 14 May 2026 15 May 2026 18 May 2026 22 May 2026 22 May 2026 9. Submission of tariff application 10. NERSA publication of the application 14. Finalisation of the public participation process 24 April 2026 24 April 2026 19 May 2026 Timeframe Activity
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