The energy regulator’s blunt refusal to grant Eskom a tariff increase will hit South Africans hard‚ especially at weekends.
The National Energy Regulator of SA (Nersa) rejected Eskom’s application for a cost recovery of R32.9-billion for open gas turbines and R19.9-billion for its short-term power purchase programme.
A mass of objections to the application‚ ranging from that it would result in job losses to the environmental costs of Eskom power generation‚ were raised during the public hearing.
Nersa chairman Jacob Modise said the decision not to grant the increase was also informed by Eskom’s failure to provide a plan for implementation of such an increase.
At the moment weekends are not considered peak periods but there is a strong possibility that weekend load shedding will be intensified.
Weekends to be shed - Eskom warns that refusal of tariff hike will lead to more power cuts
The energy regulator’s blunt refusal to grant Eskom a tariff increase will hit South Africans hard‚ especially at weekends.
The National Energy Regulator of SA (Nersa) rejected Eskom’s application for a cost recovery of R32.9-billion for open gas turbines and R19.9-billion for its short-term power purchase programme.
A mass of objections to the application‚ ranging from that it would result in job losses to the environmental costs of Eskom power generation‚ were raised during the public hearing.
Nersa chairman Jacob Modise said the decision not to grant the increase was also informed by Eskom’s failure to provide a plan for implementation of such an increase.
At the moment weekends are not considered peak periods but there is a strong possibility that weekend load shedding will be intensified.
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