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Prepaid electricity units · Eskom Homelight and Cape Town Domestic 2026/27

Choose the tariff already assigned to your meter, then enter a purchase budget. The result is a source-dated estimate of paid energy.

Published tariff-period reference: 2026-04-01 through 2027-03-31; reviewed 2026-10-25. This page preserves the cited edition and does not fetch tariff revisions.

These are different supply categories. This form does not determine eligibility or switch your tariff.
The total amount available for this purchase. Use a decimal point and at most two decimal places.
Enter only deductions already established for this transaction, such as a known debt recovery. Do not include the Cape Town daily service charge again.

Published tariff basis

Assigned tariffVAT-inclusive energy rateFixed tariff component usedSource period
Eskom Homelight 20A270.30 c/kWhNo fixed component in this table2026-04-01 to 2027-03-31
Eskom Homelight 60A343.61 c/kWhNo fixed component in this table2026-04-01 to 2027-03-31
City of Cape Town Domestic prepayment413.79 c/kWh through cumulative 600 kWh/month; 493.90 c/kWh aboveR2.46 per service-charge day since prior purchase2026-07-01 to 2027-06-30

Cape Town’s 600 kWh block applies across the whole calendar month. Splitting a purchase does not reset the block. Its published R74.77 monthly example and R2.46 daily vending charge are alternative representations of that component; this tool uses the daily charge and does not add both.

Dated tariff estimate, not a vending token or guaranteed credited units. Confirm your assigned tariff and any debt, fees or adjustments with the supplier. Free Basic Electricity, subsidies, eligibility decisions, Homepower, other Cape Town tariffs, time-of-use tariffs and other municipalities are not calculated.

Amounts use the printed VAT-inclusive column directly. The sources were reviewed on 25 October 2026 and may be superseded by later approved changes. Source-period archives remain labelled and are removed from the current sitemap.

Sources

Selected numerical tariff facts are attributed to Eskom and the City of Cape Town. Contifield supplies the calculation and interface; no supplier endorsement or whole-document reuse licence is claimed.