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Energy minister to be quizzed on missing nuclear documents

Energy Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson will be asked in Parliament next week to account for missing documents in a court case regarding the nuclear energy programme. That is according to Democratic Alliance (DA) MP and shadow energy minister Gordon Mackay on Thursday, who sits on the energy portfolio committee in Parliament.[…]

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Eskom strike comes to an end

A two-week long strike by Eskom workers came to an end last night as the National Union of Mineworkers and Solidarity inked a wage deal. This is according to Solidarity, which says the agreement is its best with the utility ever. In a statement released on Friday morning, the union[…]

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Eskom: One year of no load shedding

Remember those dark days when load shedding wreaked havoc on households and businesses? Well, it was a year on Thursday since large parts of South Africa was plunged into darkness. And Eskom is patting itself on the back for doing its job of keeping the country’s lights on, thanks to[…]

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Nuclear watch to start if Eskom cuts out private sector

If Eskom prevents any new power purchase agreements with Independent Power Producers (IPPs), then all eyes will focus on the contentious 9.6GW nuclear deal. That’s the warning from RMB analyst Isaah Mhlanga on Thursday, who was reacting to a report on Thursday that Eskom will not sign any new deals[…]

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Eskom eyes distribution network next

Power utility Eskom was set to shift its focus into improving its distribution network after its boss, Brian Molefe, said it had dealt with its electricity generation woes. Molefe told the country during Eskom’s state-of-the­ system briefing in Johannesburg yesterday that after addressing the electricity generation capacity, the utility was[…]

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Outa has dim view of power hike

Eskom’s implementation of a 9.4% electricity tariff increase on April 1 as approved by the National Energy Regulator South Africa (Nersa) is hanging in the balance. The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) has turned to the high court in Pretoria for an urgent application in an attempt to obtain an[…]

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Earth Hour – S.Africans saved an average of 515MW

“As part of its support for the Earth Hour campaign‚ Eskom measured the reduction in electricity used during the hour against typical consumption for this time on an average Saturday evening‚” the electricity parastatal said. It encouraged consumers to take action beyond Earth Hour and make energy efficiency and environmental[…]

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Eskom tariff hike to hurt consumers

Big business, the mining sector and civil society groups have come out in opposition of the  9.4 per cent Eskom tariff increase for 2016/17, but the ailing utility said it needed a 16.6 per cent hike to recover R22.8 billion. But as consumers feel the brunt of higher water tariffs,[…]

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Nersa approves 9.4% electricity price hike

The National Energy Regulator (Nersa) approved a 9.4% electricity hike for 2016/17 on Tuesday. Eskom submitted an application to Nersa in November last year to recover R22.8bn, which the utility said it used to avert load shedding. The decision comes after extensive consultation with government, unions, small and intensive users,[…]

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