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According to the Sierra Club, the 38 largest corporations in South Africa use about 40 percent of the electricity from the grid, whereas South Africa’s poor use less than 5 percent.<ref>[action.sierraclub.org/site/DocServer/Kusile_Letter_to_US_Exim_Bank-920.pdf?docID=6082 "Kusile Letter to US Ex-Im Bank"] Sierra Club, Sep. 20, 2010.</ref>
===Carbon fee===
South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan announced in his 2012 budget speech that a [[carbon fee]] will be implemented in the 2013-2014 financial year. The proposal is to implement the carbon fee at a fairly low level, and then define an increasing price path over time. A carbon tax of $16 per ton is expected (South African Rand 120 per ton of CO2e) in 2013, with annual increases of 10 per cent through 2019.<ref>Harold Winkler, [http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2012/03/15/442529/south-africa-price-on-carbon-pollution/ "South Africa To Introduce Rising Price On Carbon Pollution From Major Sources In 2013,"] NRDC Switchboard, March 15, 2012.</ref>
==Existing Coal-Fired Power Stations==
