The electricity supply is expected to be constrained in February and March, Eskom said on Monday. “February and March are concerning for us. This due to budgetary constraints. Our financial director is looking at options in this regard,” CEO Tshediso Matona told journalists in Johannesburg. The power supply would depend[…]
Eskom declared a power emergency with large industrial customers on Sunday, the power utility said. “Eskom has declared a power emergency with large industrial customers, requiring them to urgently reduce their electricity usage by 10 percent from 3pm to 8pm today,” Eskom said in a statement. “The declaration of a[…]
The risk of blackouts was low on Thursday due to the increased generating capacity at the Majuba power station, Eskom said. It said the capacity at Majuba was now at 1400MW. “More units from Majuba are due to be synchronised to the grid later today [Wednesday] with the potential of[…]
The energy department warned that South Africa faces unplanned power outages unless R68 billion was invested in the electricity maintenance infrastructure backlog, the Star reported on Wednesday. The backlog went from R38b in 2006/2007 to R68bn according to a study, the department told Parliament on Tuesday. Energy department acting director[…]
Small businesses cannot absorb the increased costs in electricity, says the Cape Chamber of Commerce. The chamber is dealing with growing complaints from small business owners about the financially crippling electricity tariffs implemented by the City of Cape Town. Peter Haylett, the chairman of the Chamber’s Industrial Focus Portfolio Committee,[…]
Small businesses in Kensington’s Bunney Street are facing an uphill battle to keep up with high electricity tariffs. After an increase in tariffs across the City of Cape Town, business owners here say they can barely make ends meet with the exorbitant amount of funds they have to put into[…]
Power utility Eskom is expected to hike electricity tariffs by over 8 percent next year, the National Energy Regulator said on Wednesday. “There will be a tariff adjustment for 2015/2016. So there will be an additional increase to the 8 percent that was previously granted,” said Nersa spokesman Charles Hlebela.[…]
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