http://www.sts.org.za/news sdotNews 1.5 http://www.sts.org.za/news/news_item.2008-12-03.5137149172 Deputy President Baleke Mbete has called for collective as well as individual action in order to manage the electricity situation in the country next month when Eskom carries out maintenance to its existing infrastructure. http://www.sts.org.za/news/news_item.2008-12-03.8519486274 The City of Johannesburg can now appeal against a ruling that its forced installation of prepaid water meters is unconstitutional. Johannesburg High Court Judge Moroa Tsoka ruled on Tuesday there was a reasonable prospect that a different court could make a different finding. http://www.sts.org.za/news/news_item.2008-12-03.0730781111 Incandescent lightbulbs will be outlawed in every home and building - but not immediately, as the government accidentally ordered. http://www.sts.org.za/news/Smart-power-metres-herald-future As more utilities install smart power metres to track electricity flows in homes in real time, they are freer to offer alternatives to average monthly rate that they traditionally charged to consumers http://www.sts.org.za/news/smart-electricity-meters http://www.sts.org.za/news/news_item.2007-05-10.8591523871 Singapore --- (METERING.COM) --- May 4, 2007 – New analysis from consultants Frost & Sullivan suggests that increasing demand for power on the part of both large and small consumers in the South-east Asian region is driving the market for both single phase and three phase electricity meters. Approximately 5 million electricity meters are bought and sold in Southeast Asia annually, and the company says that high economic growth is responsible for much of the demand. http://www.sts.org.za/news/smartmeters Energy Probe, a Toronto-based consumer and environment research team, is questioning whether smart meters will be practical for residential users.