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AfDB launches index to drive improvements in electricity regulatory environment

By: Marleny Arnoldi 22nd June 2018 The African Development Bank (AfDB) this week launched its Electricity Regulatory Index (ERI) at the Africa Energy Forum 2018, in Mauritius. →

Zambia aiming for power prices that reflect costs by end 2018

By: Reuters 21st June 2018 Zambia plans to introduce electricity tariffs that reflect the cost of production by the end of this year, a senior government official said on Thursday, a move that could increase costs for economically vital mining firms that currently pay a flat price. In 2015 and 2016, Zambia experienced a... →

NUM slams claims of 'sabotage' by Eskom

By: African News Agency 18th June 2018 The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) on Monday said that Eskom was lying to the public that workers affiliated to the trade union were responsible for sabotaging work being done at the power utility's power stations across the country. This comes as Eskom last week began implementing... →

State capture at heart of Eskom’s load-shedding woes – Maimane

By: News24Wire 18th June 2018 Diversifying the energy mix, reducing demand and putting an end to the Eskom monopoly in the energy sector are some of the proposals the Democratic Alliance (DA) has made to mitigate load-shedding. Speaking during a briefing at Parliament on Monday, DA leader Mmusi Maimane stressed that... →

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DA leader Mmusi Maimane

Num denies reports it wanted to postpone wage talks with Eskom

By: African News Agency 18th June 2018 The National Union of Mineworkers (Num) on Monday slammed reports that it had called for the postponement of wage negotiations with power utility Eskom because of its congress this week. "The Num congress is starting on Wednesday at the Birchwood Hotel and that will not affect the wage... →

Swiss place efficiency at heart of post-nuclear energy strategy

By: Terence Creamer 18th June 2018 Residents taking occupation of apartments at a new mixed-use property development on the site of a decommissioned paper mill in southern Zurich, Switzerland, are all encouraged to download a neighbourhood App to their mobile devices. The social media component, which allows Greencity residents... →

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Testing new building innovations at the Empa NEST

Eskom says low probability of day-time load-shedding

By: African News Agency 18th June 2018 State electricity company Eskom said on Monday there is a low probability of rotational load-shedding during the day as a result of power station units being returned to the system after last week's wage strike, but the probability was higher for the evening peak period due to increased demand.... →

Eskom says power system will take up to 10 days to recover from strike impact

By: News24Wire 18th June 2018 State electricity company Eskom said late on Sunday its power system remained constrained and would take up to ten days to recover from the effects of last week's wage strike. Eskom warned consumers to work on the assumption that rolling power interruptions, or loadshedding, implemented over the... →

Eskom obtains court interdict against workers pickets at power stations

By: African News Agency 15th June 2018 Eskom on Friday obtained a court interdict prohibiting the intimidation of workers and contractors who are not part of an ongoing wage strike, as well as the highjacking of coal trucks and the sabotaging of the power utility's electricity infrastructure. On Thursday, generation and distribution... →

Mkhize discusses govt’s strategy towards municipal debt owed to Eskom

By: Marleny Arnoldi 14th June 2018 Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize on Thursday briefed the Standing Committee on Public Accounts about government’s plans to resolve the challenge of debt owed by municipalities to State-owned power utility Eskom. →

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Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Zweli Mkhize

Wage protests threaten South African power supply

By: Reuters 14th June 2018 About 1 000 union members picketed Eskom's headquarters on Thursday in a wage dispute that threatens the cash-strapped South African utility's ability to deliver power. There have been no reports of outages in Africa's most industrialised economy, but Eskom said that some plants had cut output,... →

Electricity situation ‘tense but stable’ – Eskom

By: Marleny Arnoldi 13th June 2018 State-owned power utility Eskom’s power stations and other critical facilities continue to operate optimally, in line with the contingency measures put in place to ensure security of power supply during a period of “wildcat strikes”. →

Business as usual at Eskom, despite union protests

Solidarity declares dispute with Eskom over wage offer

By: Marleny Arnoldi 11th June 2018 Trade union Solidarity on Monday declared a dispute with State-owned power utility Eskom. →

Radebe hosts stakeholder forum; Eskom takes Nersa decision to court

8th June 2018 Creamer Media's Chanel de Bruyn speaks to Engineering News Editor Terence Creamer about the latest developments on the energy policy front, as well as Eskom’s turnaround. →

Terence Creamer on the latest energy developments and Eskom's turnaround. (Camera & editing: Nicholas Boyd)

Interwaste uses innovation to convert waste into energy

By: Donald Makhafola 8th June 2018 Waste management company Interwaste is continually exploring processes and technologies to divert waste from landfills and has created a variety of methods converting waste-to-energy. Interwaste director for business development and marketing Kate Stubbs says the first way to get value out of... →

WASTE-TO-ENERGY Companies are committed to reduce their carbon emissions footprint and looking at alternative sources of fuel, as well as renewable energy

Reinstatement of Eskom system reports seen as way to rebuild trust through transparency

By: Terence Creamer 7th June 2018 State-owned electricity producer Eskom has re-launched its weekly system status report as part of broader efforts to rebuild trust with South African citizens, who remain skeptical about the utility’s ability to keep the lights on. The service, which is now available on Eskom’s website, was... →

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Eskom system operator Bernard Magoro

Eskom must diversify its energy mix – MacColl

By: Nadine James 7th June 2018 State-owned power utility Eskom should diversify its energy mix, Electric Power Research Institute senior regional manager Barry MacColl said during a panel discussion on South Africa’s energy policy, and specifically the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP). The panel, held on Thursday at the Mazars... →

Eskom to approach courts to have Nersa’s 5.23% tariff decision set aside

By: Terence Creamer 7th June 2018 State-owned electricity utility Eskom will, in the coming days, approach the courts to have the National Energy Regulator of South Africa’s (Nersa’s) tariff determination for 2018/19 set aside, chairperson Jabu Mabuza confirmed on Thursday. The action would represent Eskom’s first-ever legal... →

Eskom chairperson Jabu Mabuza with Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan at a briefing in Germiston

Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan on Eskom's restructuring, 'Gupta-risation' of coal and improving primary-energy security and costs. Camera Work & Editing: Nicholas Boyd: Recorded: 7.6.2018

NUM kicks against Eskom’s 0% wage increase

By: Marleny Arnoldi 5th June 2018 National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) members in the Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vereeniging region who are employees at Eskom have resolved not to accept the utility’s offer of a 0% wage increase. →

Prepare for greater generation competition, Radebe tells Eskom

By: Terence Creamer 4th June 2018 Energy Minister Jeff Radebe has hinted at possible dramatic changes in the structure of South Africa’s electricity supply industry, which is currently dominated by Eskom, a vertically integrated State-owned utility. During a recent stakeholder gathering the Minister responded strongly in the... →

South Africa to release new-look renewables bid window in November

By: Terence Creamer 1st June 2018 Energy Minister Jeff Radebe announced on Friday that South Africa would launch a fifth Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP) bid window in November with the aim of procuring a further 1 800 MW of renewable energy from independent power producers (IPPs).... →

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Energy Minister Jeff Radebe

Eskom business-model review aimed at lowering utility’s risk to fiscus

By: Terence Creamer 24th May 2018 Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan has confirmed that the business model of power utility Eskom is up for discussion as government seeks to reduce the fiscal risk currently posed by utility and to reposition the State-owned enterprise (SoE) for future sustainability. On his eighty-sixth... →

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Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan

Outa welcomes Nersa’s withdrawal of SSEG registration rules

By: Marleny Arnoldi 21st May 2018 Nonprofit organisation, the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa), has welcomed the National Energy Regulator of South Africa’s (Nersa’s) decision to withdraw the proposed rules to govern the registration of small-scale embedded generation (SSEG) below 1 MW. →

Eskom wants 3% on top of any tariff hike for three years to claw back R66bn-plus

By: Terence Creamer 14th May 2018 State-owned electricity utility Eskom has proposed a five-year phasing-in period to recoup R66-billion-plus in cost and revenue variances contained in three separate Regulatory Clearing Account (RCA) applications. The applications are being adjudicated simultaneously by the National Energy... →

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Eskom acting CFO Calib Cassim

Large power users urge Nersa to hold Eskom accountable for inefficiencies

By: Terence Creamer 11th May 2018 The Energy Intensive Users Group of Southern Africa (EIUG) has argued that any cost-recovery granted to Eskom in relation to three Regulatory Clearing Account (RCA) applications currently under review by the regulator be capped at R40.5-billion. However, it also urged the National Energy... →

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The Eskom team presenting at the Nersa hearings in Soweto on Friday

Lack of clarity on draft embedded generation regulations could prohibit compliance – Sola

By: Marleny Arnoldi 11th May 2018 Red tape and a lack of clarity in the National Energy Regulator of South Africa’s (Nersa’s) draft regulations on Small Scale Embedded Generation (SSEG) could well prove to be prohibitive factors, from a business and compliance perspective, says solar energy company Sola Future Energy CEO Dominic... →

NNR conference a key stakeholder platform for nuclear industry

By: Melissa Zisengwe 11th May 2018 State-owned entity National Nuclear Regulator (NNR) will host its second nuclear regulatory information conference at the Indaba Hotel & Conference Centre, Johannesburg, from May 16 to 18. The key themes for this year’s conference are the energy mix; safety and security culture; lessons learned... →

SECOND CONFERENCE The conference will be an interactive platform for the NNR to share regulatory information

Ncondezi confident it can achieve a more competitive tariff

By: Marleny Arnoldi 3rd May 2018 Preliminary results from a review of updated proposals for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC), and operations and maintenance (O&M), contracts for Ncondezi Energy’s integrated 300 MW power and coal mine project, in Tete, Mozambique, are positive. →

New association aims to raise level of debate on energy economics in South Africa

By: Terence Creamer 26th April 2018 A new independent professional organisation was launched in Pretoria on Thursday with the aim of raising the level of research and debate on energy economics in South Africa, where policy and regulatory uncertainty remain a major constraint to investment. Named the South African Association for... →

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SAAEE president Professor Roula Inglesi-Lotz

Eskom’s Masango cleared of charges

By: Marleny Arnoldi 24th April 2018 Suspended Eskom group capital executive Abram Masango has been found innocent of the charges of misconduct levelled against him during a disciplinary hearing held over four days in March and April. →

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Eskom interim group CE Phakamani Hadebe

Salga voices concern about impact of possible higher electricity tariffs on municipalities

By: Marleny Arnoldi 19th April 2018 During public hearings being held to enable the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) to determine whether to allow power utility Eskom to recoup R66.6-billion under the Regulatory Clearing Account (RCA) mechanism, the South African Local Government Association (Salga) has expressed... →

Eskom outlines case for R67bn clawback amid tariff-hike hostility

By: Terence Creamer 12th April 2018 State-owned electricity group Eskom has expressed confidence that its three applications to recoup nearly R67-billion through the Regulatory Clearing Account (RCA) mechanism will succeed, stressing that its submissions are fully aligned to the most recent RCA decision made in 2016 for the 2013/14... →

‘High priority’ IRP update to be published soon

By: Terence Creamer 10th April 2018 Department of Energy (DoE) director-general Thabane Zulu says the updated Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) is undergoing a final set of processes and consultations, as stipulated by Cabinet in December, before being published in the Government Gazette. Speaking at the Africa Power Roundtable in... →

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Department of Energy director-general Thabane Zulu

IPP signing ‘a symbol of hope for South African business’ – Sola

By: Marleny Arnoldi 6th April 2018 Solar energy company Sola has commended Energy Minister Jeff Radebe’s signing of 27 outstanding power purchase agreements with renewable energy independent power producers (IPPs). →

Energy Minister Jeff Radebe

EIUG scrutinises Eskom application for recovery of costs

By: Marleny Arnoldi 3rd April 2018 The Energy Intensive User Group (EIUG) of Southern Africa on Tuesday submitted its comments to the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) regarding State-owned power utility Eskom’s regulatory clearing account (RCA) applications for 2014/15 to 2016/17 and says Nersa should allow only... →

Nersa to make earlier decision on Eskom RCA applications

By: Marleny Arnoldi 29th March 2018 The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has moved forward public hearings into Eskom’s regulating clearing account (RCA) applications for 2014/15 to 2016/17. →

Lowering SoE risk to fiscus requires governance and business-model reform - S&P

By: Terence Creamer 27th March 2018 The risk posed to government’s fiscal position as a result of contingent liabilities linked to South Africa’s State-owned enterprises (SoEs) will be only partly alleviated by governance reforms, S&P Global Ratings warns, arguing that greater attention will also have to be given to reforming SoE... →

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