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/ 14 October 2009
Electricity parastatal Eskom’s latest proposed tariff hike will administer ”a serious shock to the economy” next year, Busa said on Wednesday.
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/ 13 October 2009
Cosatu said on Tuesday it is extremely angry at what it called Eskom’s ”outrageous and insensitive” request for a 45% a year electricity tariff hike.
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/ 13 October 2009
Eskom wants a 45% tariff hike every year for the next three years, according to its multi-year price determination submission document.
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/ 12 October 2009
The SA government in principle supports Eskom’s latest proposal for an increase in tariffs, but will leave discussion on the figures to the regulator.
Eskom’s proposed electricity tariff increases could result in more retrenchments in the mining industry, trade union Solidarity said on Friday.
South Africa had deliberately under-priced electricity in the past, Eskom chairperson Bobby Godsell said in Johannesburg on Friday.
Eskom wants to increase the basic free electricity allocation to poor households next year, chief executive Jacob Maroga said on Tuesday.
Eskom expects to reach its target of having a 15% reserve margin, or spare capacity, in five years, its chief executive said on Tuesday.
Eskom will have to raise most of its funding needs from domestic bond issues, ratings agency Fitch said on Monday.
SA’s power demand has risen back to the highs before the start of the economic slowdown, Eskom said on Friday.
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/ 30 September 2009
Eskom’s request for an extension of the deadline for its tariff submission to the National Energy Regulator of South Africa has been denied.
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/ 17 September 2009
SA needs to taps its 2 000MW co-generation potential to avoid another power crisis, an industry official said on Wednesday
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/ 16 September 2009
Trade unions on Wednesday called Eskom CEO Jacob Maroga’s 26,7% salary increase ”disgusting” and said he should reject the offer.
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/ 16 September 2009
While Eskom struggles to secure funding for its expansion programme, government is still selling South Africa’s electricity cheaply.
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/ 15 September 2009
Teljoy’s Green Credit scheme enables customers to reduce their electricity bills by more than 30% while the instalments are almost equal to the saving
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/ 12 September 2009
Eskom was aware of weaknesses in its coal contracts before it received a report warning about its stockpiles, the parastatal’s CEO said.
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/ 10 September 2009
In the past, Eskom funded its investment programme through private debt and retained earnings.
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/ 7 September 2009
South Africa will need 20GW of new power generation capacity by 2020 and would require double that amount a decade later, Eskom said on Monday.
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/ 5 September 2009
Lynley Donnelly speaks to chief executive Jacob Maroga about the state of our energy.
South Africa needs to conserve significantly more
energy, writes Lynley Donnelly
Eskom is a national presence that is represented throughout the country by massive cooling towers that dominate rural landscapes
The power utility has recorded a near R10-billion loss mainly through its exposure to the aluminium market.
An urgent meeting of the President’s National Stakeholders Advisory Council on Electricity should be held, Business Unity South Africa said on Friday.
Eskom on Thursday reported one of the biggest full-year losses in its history and warned power supply was still tight despite a decline in usage.
Eskom postponed projects worth R7-billion this year as it battles to raise funds for its expansion programme, the utility was reported as saying.
Eskom on Thursday confirmed that a wage agreement had been reached with representative unions, thereby averting a threatened strike.
South Africa needs at least 40 new coal mines to prevent shortages over the long term, Eskom operations head Brian Dames said in an interview.
The chief negotiator from the National Union of Mineworkers said on Monday he did not see an imminent strike at Eskom.
The National Union of Mineworkers said on Saturday it was considering a wage offer from Eskom after marathon talks the previous day.
Eskom voiced hope ahead of talks on Friday of averting a strike that could paralyse Africa’s biggest economy.
As the Telkom workers’ strike action gains momentum, Eskom workers are vowing to plunge the country into darkness next week.
Ilham Rawoot reports on how far has South Africa has to go to meet its energy mix targets