Farm Dweller Houses Policy Guidelines for Integrated National Electrification Programme (INEP).

The Farm Dweller Houses Policy Guidelines for Integrated National Electrification Programme is a nationwide document aiming to outline procedures regarding the electrification of farm dweller houses (a farm dweller house is a permanent structure that is occupied by a person living on the farm - alone or together with the family - in either a rural or semi-urban area) as part of the Integrated National Electrification Programme. This serves to make electricity accessible to all the people of South Africa. These policy guidelines can also be applied to other types of family units within the farm arrangement or otherwise.
The document outlines the following options for electrifying farm dweller houses, which include grid supply and non-grid supply methods (1) Grid Supply, farm dwellers can receive electricity either indirectly through the farmer's bulk meter with low costs and the farmer bearing payment responsibility while ensuring fair tariffs, or directly by becoming customers of the licensed entity with potentially high costs unless dwellings are nearby, with the latter option recommended only as a last resort; (2) Non-grid Supply, used when grid connections are impractical or too costly, involves Solar Home Systems for basic electricity needs like lighting and electronic media, with subsidies up to an annually determined maximum limit. To facilitate electrification, the government provides subsidies linked to those for rural areas, covering up to the actual cost or the maximum annual subsidy for rural household electrification, based on the lowest supply size and industry standards.