Andre de Ruyter, current CEO of Nampak, has been appointed as the new chief executive of Eskom and will assume his duties on January 15, the Ministry of Public Enterprises has said. He has more than 20 years of experience at petrochemicals group Sasol in a number of senior management roles, the ministry said in…
File image. The struggling utility has been forced to go the expensive route of using water and diesel due to the breakdown of some units. The “unexpected loss” of some of Eskom’s generation units over the weekend has left the electricity system “severely constrained”, the struggling energy utility said in a statement. While the statement…
Eskom’s bid to crank-up their electricity tariffs by half their current costs could lead to catastrophic consequences, with many South Africans facing the prospect of eventually paying “double” for their energy bills. That’s according to the Energy Expert Coalition (EEC), who have launched their bid to stop the SOE in their tracks. How much are Eskom’s…
In a statement on Wednesday morning, Eskom warned that Stage 2 loadshedding could be implemented from 9am to 11pm today. Eskom said that it is experiencing a “shortage of capacity”, and that more details will follow. FIND: Your load shedding schedule Stage 2 load shedding allows for 2k000 MW of power to be shed on a…
An acceleration in economic growth in South Africa could trigger power cuts, with state utility Eskom’s fragile generation system unable to respond to increased demand for electricity. The energy availability of Eskom’s generation fleet is supposed to be as high as 80%, but is currently as low as 69%, and even a 0.1% rise in…
Johannesburg Water advises all residents of the City of Johannesburg that Rand Water which is our main bulk water supplier is planning a major shutdown that will affect all our reservoirs and towers in terms of water supply for 54 hours from 24 June 2019. The shutdown is on the B11 pipeline to install a…
The Department of Public Enterprises says that power utility Eskom’s multi-billion rand loan facility with the China Development Bank is not in jeopardy, despite concerns sparked by a delay in the release of a R7bn tranche of funds last month. The bank was meant to release the funds – part of a larger R35bn facility…
Chief financial officer at power utility says energy regulator Nersa’s adding errors and missing emails could substantially push up electricity prices. A few alleged adding errors and missing emails could cost electricity consumers billions of rands and push up electricity prices by as much as 50%. Eskom spells out these mistakes – allegedly made by…
Dear Mr Jacob Modise, Chairperson of the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa), I write this letter to register the City of Johannesburg’s opposition to Eskom’s proposed electricity tariff increase currently being considered by Nersa. As a City with an obligation to act in the best interests of all its residents, we simply cannot…