City of Cape Town Costs and tariffs.

Residents should please note that electricity is no more expensive via a prepaid meter than via a old credit meter. In fact, installation of a prepaid meter is a prerequisite for access to the City’s subsidized Lifeline Tariff and could allow residents access to this financial assistance and free units should they meet the other qualifying criteria.

Costs for prepaid meters supplied by the City of Cape Town

Single phase prepaid meter cost

City of Cape Town cost for a single phase prepaid meter R2092.99 this fee excludes the preparation work fees by ED Installations

Three phase prepaid meter cost

City of Cape Town cost for a three phase prepaid meter R5091.00 this fee excludes the preparation work fees by ED Installations

City of Cape Town tariff choices for electricity (price per unit of electricity)

You can chose the most suitable tariff according to your consumption.

To view the latest City of Cape Town's tariffs in .PDF please click here 

Residents with prepaid meters are reminded that once they purchase more than a certain number of units in a calendar month (350 units for Lifeline customers and 600 units for Domestic customers), the price of units goes up until the first of the next month when the tariff resets and residents can buy at the cheaper rate again. For this reason, residents should aim to buy only the number of units they need for the month, supplementing with small purchases if necessary.

For a full explanation of the City’s residential electricity tariffs please click here.