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25 May 2013
                       
 
 
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11 Mar 2013
 
 
NERSA makes unaffordable tariff charges more palatable
WERKSMANS ATTORNEYS
On 28 February 2013 the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) approved an 8% average increase per annum for the period from 1 April 2013 to 1 April 2014. During the period from 15 to 31...
 
 
05 Nov 2012
 
Strong support for SA’s renewables model as first deals are concluded
Renewable Energy
There was an overwhelmingly positive reaction from developers, investors, financiers and suppliers on Monday, November 5, to the eventual signing of the agreements needed to facilitate the entry of...
 
 
17 Oct 2012
 
SA: Statement by Greenpeace, non-governmental environmental organization, on Eskom’s new mega coal plants (17/10/2012)
STATEMENT
According to Melita Steele, climate and energy campaigner for Greenpeace Africa: “Eskom uses just over a staggering 10 000 litres of water a second, the same amount a single person would use...
 
 
03 Oct 2012
 
SA: Statement by Eskom, on Moody's downgrading its rating (03/10/2012)
STATEMENT
Eskom’s senior unsecured bond rating has been reduced to Baa3 on the Moody’s scale, from Baa2, and the outlook on the rating remains negative.
 
 
05 Aug 2011
 
Electricity Real Economy Insight report is available for purchase online
Advertorial
Creamer Media’s Real Economy Insight Report on the electricity industry examines issues, such as the current state of the country's electricity supply and distribution, investment in generation...
 
 
20 Jun 2011
 
A review of South Africa’s Electricity Industry 2011 is available for purchase online
Advertorial
The brief reprieve offered to South Africa's electricity sector by the global slowdown served more to engender a false sense of electricity security than to facilitate the roll-out of additional...
 
 
01 Apr 2011
 
Renewable frustration
REAL ECONOMY: RENEWABLE ENERGY
The slow pace of progress in South Africa’s electricity industry is both frustrating and ironic. The prevailing shortage of power has emerged as one of the greatest risks to new investment,...
 
 
11 Feb 2011
 
Sacci calls for details on govt plans to work with business
STATE OF THE NATION
The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry said on Friday it would have liked President Jacob Zuma to give greater detail on how the state hopes to nurture an environment in which the...
 
 
16 Jul 2010
 
ANC: Statement by Dipuo Peters, African National Congress NEC member, on the State’s role in the development of the electrical power generation plan (16/07/2010)
Statements

Emerging from our apartheid past, in which energy planning by the State was not considered to be very important and not transparent, it was Eskom's responsibility to determine the energy needs...

 
 
01 Apr 2010
 
Cosatu: Statement by Zwelimzima Vavi, Congress of South African Trade Unions secretary general, on Section 77 Notice on increasing electricity tariffs (01/04/2010)
Statements

In November 2009 Eskom applied to NERSA for a 35% electricity tariff increase for the 3-year period ending 2013. The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) notes that NERSA subsequently...

 
 
04 Mar 2010
 
Independent operator moving faster than expected – Peters
ELECTRICITY
South African Energy Minister Dipuo Peters announced that the process of establishing an Independent Systems Operator (ISO) for the electricity industry was moving at a "faster pace" than...
 
 
25 Feb 2010
 
 
 
Daily podcast - February 25, 2010
PODCAST
In today's podcast, response to Nersa's decision on Eskom tariffs is largely negative; climate scientists say that cold weather does not mean that global warming is abating; and, President Jacob...
 
 
02 Feb 2010
 
Peters sees electricity distribution as a key challenge
ELECTRICITY
The transformation of South Africa's electricity distribution activities and the equitable applications of tariffs for all, were two vital challenges being faced by the country, Energy Minister...
 
 
02 Dec 2009
 
Cosatu: Statement by Patrick Craven, Congress of South African Trade Unions, on Eskom’s revised tariff application (02/12/2009)
Statements

The Congress of South African Trade Unions has noted reports that Eskom has revised its tariff application from 45% a year for the next three years to 35%. COSATU will study the revised...

 
 
07 Jun 2007
 
Sonjica: Minerals and Energy Dept Budget Vote debate 2007/08, NCOP (07/06/2007)
2007
Budget Vote Speech by Minister of Minerals and Energy Buyelwa Sonjica, National Council of Provinces
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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