The government has said it is keen to establish – with Eskom, Treasury and the Department of Public Enterprises – a means to build new transmission infrastructure. This would allow more private sector participation in transmission, it said.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) noted there had been more than 120 days of power problems in 2022. NERSA’s increase, it said, is “official sanctioned daylight robbery against citizens”.
Eskom, on December 23, reported its gross debt had reached 396.8 billion rand ($23.4bn) for the year to March 2022.
A substation in Durban exploded last night in a dramatic display, bringing more power problems to the country.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has cut short his foreign travels and hurried home as the load shedding crisis mounts.
South Africa has been struck by severe load shedding, although Eskom has denied that the country is facing a total blackout.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has approved plans to allow embedded generation projects with up to 100 MW of capacity.
Eskom has cleared its CEO André de Ruyter of allegations made against him, with the complainant having been found guilty of poor performance and sacked.
Eskom and the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) have come out in support of the National Energy Regulator of South Africa’s (Nersa) plans to secure new power generation.
Eskom has announced Stage 4 load shedding as the power system struggles to keep up with cold weather-driven demand.
Eskom has set out plans for a new “philosophy maintenance”, under which its power plants will be serviced in line with how they were supposed to be, while also seeking cost savings and taking a harder line with lenders.