Tag: NERSA
Cape Townâs lifeline electricity protection most comprehensive of SAâs metros
Households with a property value under R500Â 000 pay the least for electricity in Cape Town compared to SAâs other cities in 2023/2024. The City of Cape Town is also the only...
Eskomâs NERSA-approved 18,49% electricity price hike to municipalities is unaffordable and unjust
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says Eskomâs NERSA-approved 18,49% price hike to municipalities is unfair, unaffordable, and unjust for residents struggling with the rising cost of living. The National Energy Regulator...
Unmanaged energy consumption is now a real threat to SA businesses
Last year, South African businesses were spared from Eskomâs proposed 32% tariff hike, which would have come into effect from 1 April 2023, with energy regulator Nersa postponing its decision on...
Eskomâs new proposed tariff: Could technology help consumers and the national grid?
Eskom recently proposed a revised tariff structure which, if approved by Nersa, will charge residential consumers based on when they use electricity. It serves to manage peak periods by charging customers...
Dropping of 100 MW requirements good news for Cape Townâs power plans
The City of Cape Town welcomes the decision by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) to drop the requirement of power purchase agreements for small-scale embedded generation projects below...
Nersa proposes 7.47% increase in municipal tariffs
New tariff methodology available for comment at end of April.
In a discussion document published on its website, energy regulator Nersa is proposing an average increase of 7.47% in municipal electricity tariffs...
Nersaâs plan would see households pay much more, says Eskom
Energy regulatorâs proposals met with âconfusion and even bewildermentâ.
Salga says a pricing method cannot solve the dilemma of rising costs. Image: Shutterstock
Eskom has warned that household electricity bills will increase significantly...
NERSA, Eskom head to court over pricing
The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) says it is studying a court application by Eskom, which seeks to compel the energy regulator to reconsider Eskomâs tariff increase application.
This as...
New energy amendments open up new markets for IPPâs
THE amendment to schedule 2 of South Africaâs Electricity Regulation Act, which was recently gazetted, raises the threshold for self- or distributed-generation power plants from 1 to 100MW.
The change will allow...
Not nuclear versus renewables but nuclear AND renewablesÂ
ON 26 August, NERSA announced that it would support the Ministerâs request for a section 34 Determination (authorisation) under the Electricity Regulation Act and published government policy, to include 2 500 MW of...
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