Tag: Eskom
Eskom has successfully completed its pre-paid meter Key Revision Number (KRN) rollover project
Eskom successfully converts its prepaid customer base to KRN 2; pre-paid meter rollover project brings in around 400,000 zero buyers who have become paying customers, all users who went out and...
Eskom saves R13.7 billion on diesel
Due to load shedding being suspended for over seven months, Eskom’s diesel savings have reached R13.7 billion year-on-year.
In a statement last week, Eskom said load shedding has remained suspended for over...
City firmly rejects Eskom’s proposed 44% electricity tariff increase and will continue to fight...
On Monday, 23 September 2024, the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) published Eskom’s Multi-Year Price Determination (MYPD) 6 for the period between 2025/26 to 2027/28. The City has warned...
Eskom delivering ‘exceptional’ performance but Minister remains cautious
Minister of Energy and Electricity, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, has warned that although Eskom has delivered exceptional performance to keep load shedding at bay, the country is “not out of the woods...
Damned if you do, damned if you don’t
By Chris Hattingh
In its 25 January statement, the South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee paints a stark picture of South Africa.
“The operation of ports and rail has become a serious...
Eskom lays out on transmission expansion
Eskom Managing Director of Transmission, Segomoco Scheppers, says the power utility is working hard to expand transmission lines and unlock future generation capacity for the power grid “as fast as possible”.
He was...
Efforts in full swing to clean up Eskom
Efforts to root out, unravel and disrupt corruption at Eskom are gaining momentum.
This is according to President Cyril Ramaphosa through his weekly newsletter.
Over the past few months, several operations by law...
Eskom planned maintenance outages aimed at improving performance
Minister in the Presidency for Electricity, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, says the current intensity of load shedding is due to planned maintenance outages to fix generating units.
These maintenance outages are aimed at...
Outsmarting Eskom’s proposed Demand Side Management solution
SOUTH Africa is currently experiencing longer power outages due to components within the transmission and distribution network failing as a result of load shedding, prompting Eskom to suggest replacing the current...
From the Bee in my Bonnet column – Fred Karno’s Circus?
FRED Karno was the stage name of Frederick John Westcott (b 1866 – d 1941) - a theatre impresario and developer of sketch comedy without dialogue to circumvent stage censorship in...
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