The Energy Intensive User Group (EIUG) has added its voice to the overwhelming chorus of societal opposition to Eskom’s latest tariff submission, warning on Tuesday that above-inflation hikes would have “immediate, catastrophic and irreversible” conseq…
Eskom’s own survival at risk should big hikes be permitted, EIUG warns Read More »
Business Unity South Africa (Busa) has urged the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) to suspend its methodology for setting power tariffs and to grant Eskom only inflation-linked increases until the electricity supply industry has been re…
Busa calls for inflation-linked Eskom hikes until power market is restructured Read More »
State-owned electricity utility Eskom is warning that its loss for 2018/19 will be worse, at R20-billion, than the R15-billion loss it had projected earlier and that it will be followed by another big loss in 2019/20 even if it receives hikes it is cur…
Eskom warns of 20bn losses this year and next, even after big hikes Read More »
State-owned electricity utility Eskom is warning that its loss for 2018/19 will be worse, at R20-billion, than the R15-billion loss it had projected earlier and that it will be followed by another big loss in 2019/20 even if it receives hikes it is cur…
Eskom warns of R20bn losses this year and next, even after big hikes Read More »
State-owned electricity producer Eskom has offered a sobering update on the difficulties it is having at its Medupi and Kusile coal projects, which are not only years behind schedule and significantly over budget, but are now also beset with technical …
Technical defects at Medupi and Kusile resulting in serious underperformance Read More »
State-owned electricity producer Eskom has offered a sobering update on the difficulties it is having in at its Medupi and Kusile coal projects, which are not only years behind schedule and significantly over budget, but are now also beset with technic…
Technical defects at Medupi and Kusile resulting serious underperformance Read More »
Embattled electricity utility Eskom has made shock adjustments to its revenue application currently before the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa), which, if approved, would translate into tariff increases that are even higher than the 15…
Eskom revises tariff upwards as it unveils shock changes to Nersa submission Read More »
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Tuesday that Eskom’s financial and operational problems were unlikely to be solved without structural changes being made at the State-owned electiricity utility. Speaking as part of a panel discussion …
Gordhan says Eskom restructuring decision imminent Read More »
World Bank country director Paul Noumba Um believes the South African government is moving in the “right direction” by pursuing discussions on possible debt relief for Eskom in conjunction with plans for restructuring the utility and overhauling the ar…
World Bank says Eskom debt restructuring should be coupled to power market reform Read More »
“Location, location, location,” South Africa’s Minister Jeff Radebe quipped on Friday after a meeting with his Saudi counterpart, Khalid Al-Falih, where it was agreed that Saudi Aramco and the Central Energy Fund (CEF) would jointly study a plan for a …
Location a key discussion point as Saudi Aramco mulls South African refinery investment Read More »
