Tag: Electricity
Eskom confirms sabotage incidents at Tutuka Power Station
Eskom can confirm an incident in which a cable was severed at the Tutuka Power Station this week while the power station was finalising...
Private electricity trader set to transform SA energy
A new South African private electricity trading company has recently being awarded a landmark licence that allows it to transport energy from independent power...
New tri-fuel boiler
HURST Boiler has introduced its EGO Series 3-Fuel Boiler which can be fired with any of three different fuels - gas, oil, or electricity.
Designed...
City of Cape Town’s new draft energy budget of R16.4 billion welcomed
Economists and energy experts have weighed-in on a City draft energy budget of R16.4 billion that aims to achieve greater energy security, reduce load...
Electricity tariff hike another blow to SA agri sector
The electricity tariff hike decision made by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) to grant Eskom a 9.61% increase in the electricity...
Electricity to cost 9.6% more from 1 April
Electricity tariffs will increase by 9.6% from 1 April for Eskom customers and from 1 July for municipal customers. Eskom had initially applied to...
These Cape Town areas will be without electricity this week
The City of Cape Town (COCT) says it will continue with its routine maintenance on the electrical infrastructure in various areas from Monday, November...
NERSA, Eskom head to court over pricing
The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) says it is studying a court application by Eskom, which seeks to compel the energy regulator...
New energy amendments open up new markets for IPP’s
THE amendment to schedule 2 of South Africa’s Electricity Regulation Act, which was recently gazetted, raises the threshold for self- or distributed-generation power plants...
Some 70 000 old electricity meters have been replaced
The City of Cape Town’s R196 million programme to install new prepaid meters has been ongoing for approximately eight years and is nearing completion...
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