# zaref.dev South African Electricity Tariff History

> zaref.dev South African Electricity Tariff History is a paid API for AI agents from zaref.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-21).

Returns the full dated history of South African electricity tariffs, accumulating verified updates over time.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://zaref.dev/v1/electricity-tariffs/history?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-21
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/zaref-dev-south-african-electricity-tariff-history-ca7c4706
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_2ke_S5OCnbKXCXHdYeVjU

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability zaref-dev-south-african-electricity-tariff-history-ca7c4706
```

Example prompt: Can you pull the full history of South African electricity tariffs from zaref.dev — I want to see every dated rate change that's been recorded?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need the full historical record of South African electricity tariff changes rather than just the current rate. Ideal for trend analysis, compliance checking, auditing, or populating time-series charts of SA electricity pricing. Prefer this over a current-snapshot endpoint when historical context or rate-change tracking is required.

## Known failure modes

- No data returned if service is temporarily unavailable (5xx)
- Empty dataset if no tariff updates have been recorded yet
- Payment failure if x402 USDC payment of $0.005 is not completed
- Stale data if a new tariff update has not yet been verified and added

## How this service works

History of South African Electricity tariffs: dated points accumulating with every verified update.

## Output

A time-series list of dated data points representing every verified update to South African electricity tariffs, allowing users to trace how tariff rates have changed over time.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "properties": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "points": [
   {
    "date": "2026-06-04",
    "value": "..."
   }
  ],
  "series": "electricity-tariffs"
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/zaref-dev-south-african-electricity-tariff-history-ca7c4706/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from zaref.dev](https://www.zero.xyz/host/zaref.dev/llms.txt)