Fourteen environmental activists have been detained after protesting against electricity tariff increases and Eskom’s reliance on coal power.
Eskom has called on regulators to help it cancel or adjust a sweetheart deal with BHP Billiton, which could earn it an extra R5.17-billion per year.
Eskom says its average price for electricity will need to increase by 16% every year until 2018 – and that is if everything goes right.
Eskom has called for the speedy resolution of strikes affecting the mining of coal, in times of an already strained electricity supply.
South Africa is waiting anxiously to hear what Eskom’s latest round of tariff hikes will be.
Construction of the 4 764MW Medupi coal-fired power plant has returned to full speed after workers returned following protests at the site.
Eskom has come clean in Parliament on the costs of building the giant Medupi and Kusile power stations.
Eskom’s Dr Steve Lennon explains the company’s involvement in the Innovation Summit
Eskom is scrambling to keep electricity flowing on the national power grid as the country remains in some of coldest weather in decades.
Private users are responsible for 60% of energy savings on the back of soaring power tariffs, writes Lisa Steyn.