SA consumers targeted as Eskom runs out of options in fight for survival
Haemorrhaging cash and drowning in debt, Eskom is trying to persuade Nersa to allow it to raise tariffs to offset dwindling sales, unforeseen expenses.
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Maynard – Falling Eskom electricity production offset by independents growing
John Maynard’s analysis shows Eskom’s electricity production has been declining since 2007. Further to this, the shortfall is being picked up by other power producers.
van Vuuren: Loadshedding free as demand slumps. Not Eskom’s turnaround strategy.
Dwaine van Vuuren says electricity output is still languishing at levels last seen in the greatest economic recession in living memory in 2008.
Economic slump, lower electricity demand: SA no longer needs nuclear power
Falling electricity demand means South Africa no longer needs nuclear power, says Anton Eberhard, a professor at the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business.
Van Vuuren: Eskom ‘unintentionally’ misleading? Demand levels back at 2008.
Dwaine Van Vuuren looks at the historical power supply and demand data, which paints a weaker-than-expected picture. The demand points to levels last seen during the 2008 recession.
Eskom: Let’s celebrate, we’ve gone 18 days without loadshedding
Eskom has met the country’s electricity demand while operating its generation fleet in a sustainable manner for over two weeks.
Save the planet faster, drop electricity costs: Just change your lightbulb
Utility and power grid managers in the U.S. are learning that the best way to cut carbon emissions and improve efficiency is the easiest: Just change your lightbulbs.
Eskom finds new excuses to shed its load
The electricity supply commission said some of the generating units currently offline, are due to technical faults at the Duvha power station, and the Cahora Bassa in Mozambique.
Eskom: How it turned from world’s best to basket case in 15 years
As the cost of renewable power generation is plunging, SA’s Government is pushing Eskom into an outdated agenda of “baseload” from nuclear and coal.
Power woes weigh on rand as market awaits rate call
The rand was in danger of losing ground against the dollar for the third consecutive day on Tuesday as South Africa’s nagging electricity woes kept investor sentiment depressed.