Tag: NERSA
NERSA approves establishment of the electricity market advisory forum
THE energy regulator has approved the establishment of the Electricity Market Advisory Forum (EMAF), which will advise the NERSA on various matters related to...
Cape Town’s lifeline electricity protection most comprehensive of SA’s metros
Households with a property value under R500 000 pay the least for electricity in Cape Town compared to SA’s other cities in 2023/2024. The City...
Eskom’s NERSA-approved 18,49% electricity price hike to municipalities is unaffordable and unjust
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says Eskom’s NERSA-approved 18,49% price hike to municipalities is unfair, unaffordable, and unjust for residents struggling with the rising...
Unmanaged energy consumption is now a real threat to SA businesses
Last year, South African businesses were spared from Eskom’s proposed 32% tariff hike, which would have come into effect from 1 April 2023, with...
Eskom’s new proposed tariff: Could technology help consumers and the national grid?
Eskom recently proposed a revised tariff structure which, if approved by Nersa, will charge residential consumers based on when they use electricity. It serves...
Dropping of 100 MW requirements good news for Cape Town’s power plans
The City of Cape Town welcomes the decision by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) to drop the requirement of power purchase...
Nersa proposes 7.47% increase in municipal tariffs
New tariff methodology available for comment at end of April.
In a discussion document published on its website, energy regulator Nersa is proposing an average...
Nersa’s plan would see households pay much more, says Eskom
Energy regulator’s proposals met with ‘confusion and even bewilderment’.
Salga says a pricing method cannot solve the dilemma of rising costs. Image: Shutterstock
Eskom has warned...
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...
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