I wonder if the Municipality has factored in the estimated R12 Million per annum hidden cost stemming from the recent collapse of a pylon on the Chelsea line?
The Solar Industry is lucky enough to have a big hitter salesperson from Eskom.
Commonly known as Mr Loadshedding, phones are guaranteed to start ringing the moment there is any hint of loadshedding coming back.
Mr YAPO
Locally we have another big hitting sales person that we call Mr YAPO (short for Yet Another Pylon/Power Outage).
On Monday are phones started ringing and we closed a number of deals – totaling around 132 kWh of installed solar – directly attributable to the Chelsea Line Pylon Collapse.
There are roughly 30 prominent, established firms in Nelson Mandela Bay that have a long-term physical presence and specialized engineering teams to install Solar Power.
Lost Sales
Lets assume that the Top 10 closed deals – directly attributable to the Pylon Collapse – totaling 100 kWh each this past week
Lets assume that the other 20 also did deals of around 24 kWh’s each this week.
That would give us a total of 1480 kWh’s of installations.
If each installation generates power for JUST 5 hours a day that would equate to 7 400 kWh’s of electricity each day.
At R4.57 per kWh that would mean that the Nelson Mandela Bay Electricity department just lost R33 818 per day in electricity sales.
That is the equivalent of R12 352 024,50 per annum in LOST SALES.
Top Ten Local Solar Installers
Here is a list of the top ten solar installers in Nelson Mandela Bay, selected based on their engineering credentials, PV GreenCard accreditation, and track record in the Eastern Cape.
Top 10 Solar Installers in Nelson Mandela Bay (According to Google AI):
- Straton Solar | Tesla Certified, 50+ years electrical exp. | straton.co.za
- NH Solar | Engineer-led, Rent-to-Own options | nhsolar.co.za
- Solar Vault | Commercial & high-end residential engineering | solarvault.co.za
- oneSolar NMB | Large-scale retail & demand reduction | onesolar.co.za
- Genergy | Solar training academy & technical audits | genergy.co.za
- Microcare | SA-manufactured inverters & components | microcare.co.za
- GoSolr | Subscription-based solar (No upfront cost) | gosolr.co.za
- Dumont Power | Industrial power and custom solar solutions | dumontpower.co.za
- Elec Connect | Residential hybrid and backup systems | elecconnect.co.za
- Securewise | Automation & solar security integration | securewise.co.za
Important Considerations for NMB Residents
Municipal Registration: In Nelson Mandela Bay, any grid-tied system (even without batteries) must be registered with the municipality. Most of the companies listed above (especially NH Solar and Straton) handle the SSEG (Small Scale Embedded Generation) application as part of their service.
