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ANC agrees to participate in Eskom tariff hearings

By: Terence Creamer 21st April 2008 The African National Congress' (ANC's) National Working Committee (NWC), which last week called for a halt to the public-participation process being run by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) into Eskom’s request for a 60% hike in the interests of broader... →

Cabinet cold shoulders ANC call to halt power-hike process

By: Terence Creamer 17th April 2008 Cabinet, once again, appeared to give the cold shoulder to its colleagues at Luthuli House, the headquarters of the fractured African National Congress (ANC), over a call for further consultation on the request by power utility Eskom for a 60% tariff hike before it was deliberated upon by the... →

ANC asks Erwin to halt Eskom’s big tariff increase

By: Matthew Hill 15th April 2008 The ruling African National Congress (ANC) on Tuesday wrote to Public Enterprises Minister Alec Erwin requesting that the brakes be put on State-owned Eskom’s proposed 60% power tariff hike until “proper consultations” had taken place. ANC treasurer general Matthews Phosa... →

S&P says even a substantial tariff increase might not be enough

By: Terence Creamer 14th April 2008 Ratings agency Standard & Poor (S&P) confirmed on Monday that South African power utility Eskom remained on "CreditWatch" with negative implications, adding that even a significant increase in its tariffs might not be sufficient to offset a weakening in the utility's... →

Electricity crisis creates nurturing environment for accelerated deployment of green-building techniques

By: Brindaveni Naidoo 11th April 2008 Awareness of the need to save energy and safeguard natural resources has grown markedly over the last decade as the scientific evidence of climate change and its potential consequences have permeated the popular imagination. →

Now SA's editors object to Eskom's tariff ‘secrecy'

By: Terence Creamer 9th April 2008 The South African National Editors Forum (Sanef) on Wednesday added its voice of protest to a decision by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) to release an incomplete version of Eskom's application for a 53% increase in electricity tariffs. Eskom applied for certain parts... →

Power utility defends confidentiality request

By: Mariaan Webb 9th April 2008 Power utility Eskom, which convinced the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) to keep certain parts of its application for a 60% tariff increase confidential, said on Wednesday that disclosing "business sensitive" information might weaken its bargaining position with coal... →

New tariff request ‘calamitous’

By: Dennis Ndaba 4th April 2008 The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SACCI) says that the electricity tariff increase of 53% that power utility Eskom is requesting is “downright extraordinary and will affect the competitiveness of business”. →

Eskom issues shock warning that projects could be halted if tariffs don’t rise

By: Terence Creamer 2nd April 2008 State-owned electricity producer Eskom issued a shocking warning on Wednesday that it could be forced to cut back or even halt certain of its projects if it was unable secure adequate revenues, which could only be achieved through a substantial increase in electricity tariffs, or material... →

Eskom urges residential, commercial customers to also cut demand

By: Matthew Hill 25th March 2008 Struggling State-owned power producer Eskom on Tuesday again bemoaned the lack of commitment from the residential and commercial sectors to curbing their power use, while its biggest users had all come to the table. Spokesperson Andrew Etzinger said that the utility's key customers had all... →

Job-threatened mines to be prioritised under new power-rationing scheme

By: Matthew Hill 7th March 2008 South Africa's mining industry will get an extra 260 MW of power within two weeks, raising its consumption to 95% of historical levels, but it will not be allocated equally, with priority given to those mines that the power crisis affected most and where job losses would be more severe, the... →

Lower tariff increase not enough to fund capex - Eskom

By: Matthew Hill 22nd January 2008 State-owned power utility Eskom on Tuesday again raised fears over the future of its finances, saying that the 14,2% price increase that the energy regulator granted it would "make it even harder" to fund its capital programme. This came after all global ratings agencies expressed... →

Eskom develops new plan to deal with energy-intensive projects

By: Matthew Hill 18th January 2008 Africa's biggest power producer, State-owned Eskom, is currently formulating a "load growth management strategy", which would map its future for the next ten to 15 years, and hopes to have it approved by the end of April, the struggling company told Engineering News Online on Friday. →

Public Protector starts preliminary probe into power cuts

By: Matthew Hill 16th January 2008 South Africa's Public Protector has launched a preliminary investigation into the rolling power cuts State-owned Eskom has implemented throughout the country, which it said was having a "devastating" effect on public service delivery as well as the private sector. →

SA electricity generators to be audited - Nersa

By: Christy van der Merwe 15th January 2008 The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) said this week that independent technical audits would be conducted on 12 Eskom power stations to determine the effectiveness of maintenance strategies, assess refurbishment developments and look at emergency preparedness. →

Hitachi and Steinmüller at odds over SA boiler ‘reference' sites

By: Terence Creamer 5th December 2007 A sharp difference of opinion has emerged between Hitachi Power Africa and Steinmüller Africa over whether Hitachi can rightfully appropriate as ‘references' the 20 000-MWe of boiler technology that has been installed in South Africa over the last number of decades.The dispute... →

Eskom’s 18% price hike draws mixed reaction, mines pledge their support

By: Matthew Hill 22nd November 2007 South Africa's Chamber of Mines (CoM), which represents the country's major mining companies, on Thursday came out in support of State-owned power utility Eskom's proposed 18% price hike next year. Speaking at the multi-year price determination (MYPD) hearings in Pretoria, the CoM... →

Eskom resorts to land expropriation as farmers delay R15,5bn transmission roll-out

By: Terence Creamer 5th November 2007 State power utility Eskom claims to be expediting regulations to enable it to expropriate land it requires for transmission-line servitudes, because the acquisition process is said to be taking too long. The utility has also made it apparent that most of the delays relate to land owned by... →

SA business still hasn't fully woken up to the real opportunities in greenhouse-gas abatement

By: Christy van der Merwe 19th October 2007 Whether you believe that carbon dioxide-induced climate change is a real threat or not, is irrelevant. The fact is that the issue is high on the agenda of politicians and those responsible for drawing up regulation, which means the drive to reduce emissions will affect you and your business. →

Eskom views private utilities as security and tariff allies rather than market rivals

By: Terence Creamer 12th October 2007 The head of South African power utility Eskom, Jacob Maroga, says the State-owned enterprise is strongly in favour of facilitating the entry of independent power producers (IPP), if for no other reason but to add weight to its ongoing appeal for a substantial increase in tariffs. →

Energy white paper review gets under way

By: Christy van der Merwe 12th October 2007 An energy summit to kick-start the review of the now almost ten-year-old Energy White Paper took place in Sandton at the end of September, and drew together delegates and stakeholders from across the energy spectrum. →

The R1-trillion power imponderable

By: Terence Creamer 5th October 2007 There is arguably only one certainty in electricity-demand forecasting and that is it is sure to be wrong. This statement, made again recently by Eskom CEO Jacob Maroga, is indicative of the dilemma faced not only by the utility, but by anyone involved in the current debate about future security... →

The other inconvenient truth

By: Terence Creamer 28th September 2007 Over the last decade or so, it has become increasingly implausible to deny the growing body of science showing that the continued and growing flow of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere is starting to alter the Earth's climate. →

SA plans to subsidise renewable energy schemes

By: Mariaan Webb 25th September 2007 The South African government has set up a subsidy and finance office to guide funding for renewable energy technologies, Minerals and Energy Minister Buyelwa Sonjica said on Tuesday. Speaking at an energy summit in Johannesburg, she said that South Africa would also establish a new certification... →

Foreign landowners stymie transmission strengthening, says Eskom chief

By: Terence Creamer 19th September 2007 The heated debate over the foreign ownership of South African land took a somewhat surprising new turn on Wednesday, with the head of the State power utility suggesting that foreign ownership of large tracts of land is constraining its ability to secure the servitudes necessary to strengthen the... →

Standards certainty crucial to South Africa saving 8 000 MW by 2025

By: Terence Creamer 7th September 2007 Perhaps the only positive to emerge from South Africa's current tight electricity-supply challenge, which is set to persist until at least 2012, is the serious effort that is now being given to energy efficiency and demand-side management (DSM) initiatives. →

Renewed vigour needed to fast-track electricity-distribution restructuring

By: Christy van der Merwe 24th August 2007 Electricity Distribution Industry (EDI) Holdings is confident that the restructuring of electricity distribution in South Africa into six regional electricity distributors (Reds) can be fast-tracked, since policies and legislative enablers are being resolved by the relevant government departments. →

Eskom hopes to save the equivalent of two power stations by 2025

By: Terence Creamer 3rd August 2007 State-owned power utility Eskom is advancing what it calls its 'Accelerated Demand Side Management' (DSM) programme on which it plans to spend R10-billion over the next five years in a bid to save 3 000 MW by 2012 - nearly the equivalent of a new base-load power station. →

Eskom in serious talks on Botswana power project

By: Terence Creamer 3rd August 2007 Africa's leading power utility, which is planning to nearly double its installed base of generation capacity to 77 960 MW by 2025, has confirmed that nuclear energy will constitute about half of those additional megawatts. But Eskom CEO Jacob Maroga tells Engineering News that the State... →

Eskom warns of even bigger price spike later if current tariffs remain

By: Terence Creamer 19th July 2007 State power utility Eskom has warned that South African electricity consumers could face an even more dramatic 30% step change in tariffs unless the country's regulator acceded to its request for an adjustment of 18%, followed by 17%, during the current tariff-dispensation period, which was... →

Eskom likely to spend some R800-billion over next two decades to

By: Irma Venter 13th July 2007 Electricity utility Eskom has a capital expenditure budget of R800-billion for the next 20 years, says Eskom CEO Jacob Maroga. →

Joined-up government approach to energy ‘challenges’

By: Christy van der Merwe 6th July 2007 n order to monitor and provide strategic guidance on energy issues in South Africa, the directors-general of the Department of Minerals and Energy (DME) and the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) have created a forum, drawing in executives from both departments, as well as Eskom, the National... →

Energy regulator to publish report on proposed Eskom price hikes

By: Mariaan Webb 2nd July 2007 The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) would finalise a preliminary report on Eskom's proposed electricity price increase before the end of the month, which would pave the way for a public comment period to get under way, spokesperson Nhlanhla Cebekhulu said on Monday. →

Eskom chief repeats need for electricity price hikes

21st June 2007 Eskom CEO Jacob Maroga reiterated on Thursday that a steep increase in electricity prices would be necessary to ensure the power utility fulfills its ambitious capital expenditure plans, and meets South Africa's unprecedented, and growing, demand for power. Maroga's comments echo... →

State to regulate LPG industry with view to lowering prices

By: Mariaan Webb 30th May 2007 The South African government will regulate the liquid petroleum gas (LPG) industry to ensure that high prices were lowered, Minerals and Energy Minister Buyelwa Sonjica said on Wednesday. →

DME to unveil energy master plan in June, to pass electricity efficiency laws

By: Mariaan Webb 30th May 2007 The Department of Minerals and Energy (DME) will present a new energy master plan, covering a detailed energy infrastructure plan until 2011, next month, Minerals and Energy Minister Buyelwa Sonjica said on Wednesday. Delivering her department's R2,96-billion budget vote speech in... →

Eskom kicks off environmental process for 4 000-MW nuclear plant

By: Terence Creamer 28th May 2007 South Africa's State-owned electricity utility Eskom will, in early June, kick off what is likely to be a highly contested public-participation process around its plans to build a 4 000-MW conventional nuclear power station in either the Northern, Eastern or Western Cape provinces. The... →

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