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Nersa concurs with Eskom's planned procurement of 344 MW of solar PV, battery storage capacity

Eskom's Komati power station

Eskom's Komati power station

30th May 2023

By: Schalk Burger

Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

     

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The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa), at its May 25 meeting, concurred with the draft Ministerial determination for the procurement of 344.5 MW of new generation capacity from solar photovoltaic (PV) and battery energy storage by State-owned Eskom.

The regulator concurred with the procurement of 75 MW of new generation capacity from solar PV at the Lethabo power station, in the Free State, and 19.5 MW of solar PV at Sere Wind Farm, in the Western Cape

Similarly, it concurred with the procurement of 100 MW of solar PV and the procurement of a 150 MW battery energy storage system at the Komati power station, in Mpumalanga.

Nersa also said the electricity procured will target grid connection as soon as reasonably possible and that the generation capacity must be procured by Eskom through one or more tendering procedures that are fair, equitable, transparent, competitive and cost effective.

Further, the regulator approved the National Free Basic Electricity rate of 172.76c/kWh for the 2023/24 municipal financial year, effective from July 1.

Edited by Chanel de Bruyn
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor Online

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