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Nersa is consulting on two foundational frameworks for market competition: the Wholesale Electricity Pricing Methodology and the Transitional Generation Pricing and Vesting Contract Framework. These consultation papers, published on May 18 and May 20 respectively, are designed to establish transparent, regulated approaches for determining wholesale electricity charges and ensuring cost-reflective price signals that drive efficient production and consumption behaviour.
Private power generation is accelerating, with 19.6 GW of capacity registered with Nersa by April 2026, including 132 new projects totalling 1.34 GW registered in the first four months of 2026 alone. Six projects of 100 MW or more have been registered this year, comprising four solar and two wind installations across the Free State, Northern Cape and North West provinces.
Nersa approved a national Free Basic Electricity rate of R2.38/kWh for the 2026/27 municipal financial year, effective from July 1, 2026, to June 30, 2027, adjusted according to a methodology approved in March 2021 to ensure fairness and reflect current economic conditions. The rate applies to the 50 kWh monthly allocation provided to indigent households in Eskom supply areas.
The regulator is managing a contentious ferrochrome tariff application, with Nersa hosting public hearings on May 25 into Eskom's proposal to supply Samancor Chrome and Glencore-Merafe Chrome Venture at 62c/kWh for five years. Eskom argues the deal avoids a R56-billion downside risk from coal take-or-pay contracts while safeguarding R42.5-billion in revenue, though the company confirmed it would not profit from the arrangement.
Nersa is seeking a High Court extension of the May 11 deadline to finalise 14 outstanding municipal and private distributor tariff applications for 2026/27, having approved 162 of 176 applications received by the prescribed timeframe. The regulator processed 112 generation facility registrations in the fourth quarter of 2025/26 within an average of eight working days, reflecting improved efficiency.
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South Africa has demonstrated that it can deliver on its fiscal targets and its structural reform agenda, and the benefits of latent improving fiscal credibility are already evident in the form of...
The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has extended the deadline for written comments on both the wholesale price methodology and the transitional generation pricing and vesting...
The Glencore-Merafe chrome venture has withdrawn a Section 189 process following the approval of a proposed discounted tariff for South African ferrochrome producers by the National Energy...
Eskom confirmed on Friday that the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) had approved the amended negotiated pricing agreement (NPA) framework for two ferrochrome producers that...
Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses some of the issues the National Energy Regulator of South Africa will need to consider in relation to an application by Eskom to extend a 62c/kWh...
Independent power producer and licensed trader NOA has amplified a recent call for the publication of a Cabinet-endorsed electricity reform roadmap to ensure that the shift to the competitive...
In this article, Energy Council of South Africa project delivery senior manager Vasanie Pather writes that, as South Africa's electricity sector moves toward a competitive market, tariffs must...
The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has extended the deadline for written comments on the Market Code and Market Rules needed before the South African Electricity Wholesale Market...
Although Eskom confirmed that it would not make a profit from the sale of electricity to two ferrochrome producers at a tariff of 62c/kWh, the State-owned company nevertheless argued that the costs...
In this article, Energy Council of South Africa CEO James Mackay provides a breakdown of the budget vote presented by Electricity and Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa in Parliament earlier...
Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) CEO Busi Mavuso has, in her latest newsletter, congratulated State-owned Eskom on a full year without loadshedding, describing this achievement as a...
South Africa’s utility-scale renewables and battery storage market is poised for a record year of installations, a new research note produced by the Power Futures Lab at the UCT Graduate School of...
Private power projects registered with Nersa are inching closer to 20 GW, according to the latest information released by Nersa on May 13, 2026. In the first four months of 2026 alone, 132 new...
The outcomes of two public consultation processes initiated recently by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) are likely to have far-reaching implications for the country’s...
Although it remains profitable, is able to service its debt and posted good results for the financial year ended February 28, JSE-listed construction materials and industrial minerals mining...
The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) has called on Eskom to pursue the recovery of R5.2-billion in outstanding debt owed to it by the City of Johannesburg (CoJ) without interrupting power...
The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has set aside May 25 for public hearings into Eskom’s application to amend negotiated pricing agreements (NPAs) with Samancor Chrome and...
Independent power producer and licensed trader NOA has amplified a recent call for the publication of a Cabinet-endorsed electricity reform roadmap to ensure that the shift to the competitive...
The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa), on May 13, said it would approach the High Court to seek an extension of the May 11 deadline imposed by the court on February 20 to finalise...
During the fourth quarter of the 2025/26 financial year, the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) registered 112 generation facilities, with a combined capacity of 1 327 MW at an...
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