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The document outlines a framework for municipal electricity tariffs in South Africa to accommodate renewable energy generation. It recommends a structure comprising network costs, service charges, and time-of-use energy charges, while introducing feed-in tariffs to compensate customers for exporting electricity. The brief emphasizes the need for long-term payment security to reduce investment risk, the use of cost-of-supply studies to ensure revenue sufficiency, and the importance of keeping grid-tied options more attractive than off-grid alternatives to prevent grid defection.