Remember this plan to fix Eskom? Even Greenpeace says it’s a winner – Chris Logan

In 2018 energy experts Tobias Bischof-Niemz, who was involved in the establishment of an energy research centre at the CSIR, and Johan van den Berg, at the time the CEO of the South African Wind Energy Association, suggested "a simple way to stabilise electricity prices, cast off Eskom's crippling debt and boost South Africa's credit rating, while maintaining public sector control of critical assets in the electricity sector". In a nutshell, they proposed selling off Eskom's coal-fired power stations. Their ideas, published on BizNews at the time, resonate with Greenpeace as well as local analysts who have put forward ideas to fix Eskom. Chris Logan of Opportune Investments speaks to BizNews editor-in-chief Alec Hogg about why the Bischof-Niemz, Van den Berg proposal is still a smart idea to fix the utility, which is a drag on economic growth. – Jackie Cameron

Well, Chris Logan has been beating a drum on something that we've been busy with on Biznews, or rather, we published something on Biznews a while ago, that really is a fascinating concept – the concept that was raised first by a couple of members of the Ministerial Council of Energy for the President and the former head of the energy centre at the CSIR as well as his colleague who came from the Wind Energy Association. We're talking here about Dr Tobias Bischof-Niemz and Johan van der Berg. I know we published this story on Biznews two years ago, Chris. It's something that now seems to be coming back into the vogue. You did have dinner with the two of them – Tobias and Johan. The whole story is to do with selling off Eskom coal-fired power stations. Did they impress you?

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