City Power wants your money and is prepared to come to your home to get it. The Johannesburg electricity supplier is going door-to-door and inspecting thousands of properties in a bid to clamp down on illegal connections.In the past financial year, City Power lost an estimated R1-billion because of illegal connections and cable theft.Spokesman Hloni Motloung said City Power had not been able to access the meters on 18,000 Johannesburg properties in the past three months."These customers refuse to allow City Power technicians onto the property."In some instances there is no one on the property to let us in."We have left notices and encourage those who are not home during the day to make arrangements to have their meters read," said Motloung.City Power technicians and contractors, accompanied by municipal police officers, will be inspecting both residential and business properties for illegal connections.Those found to have made an illegal connection could be fined up to R18500 and will be liable for what is owed to City Power.If a consumer found to have made an illegal connection continues to take electricity without paying, technicians will return to the property. If they find that the meter has again been bypassed they will disconnect it and the consumer will have to pay a level-two reconnection penalty of R6,600.After a third refusal to use only metered electricity, the consumer's supply cable will be removed and the reconnection fee will be R18,500. City Power said property owners who had any safety concerns might stipulate that a municipal police officer be present while the meter was being read...