The increase is the plan, not the exception
South African electricity tariffs have risen at roughly 13 percent a year over the past decade, far above inflation. Each annual increase compounds on the last. A bill of R100,000 a month on that path roughly doubles in six years without your business using one extra kilowatt-hour.
Waiting has a price tag
Because increases compound, the cost of doing nothing grows every year you wait. Over ten years, the gap between the utility path and a migrated path is usually the largest number in the whole assessment. That is why the comparison is always shown against staying exactly as you are.
You cannot negotiate the tariff, but you can leave it
No amount of complaining changes a gazetted tariff. What a business can change is how much of its power still comes from that tariff. Solar at your site, cheaper power wheeled through your existing line, or a blend can move most of your load onto rates that escalate slower, or not at all.
See your own number first
The savings indicator compares your current path with every migration route in 30 seconds, from just your monthly spend and area. You pay R0 until your new power is live. Then you pay less.