Eskom says it will intensify scheduled bulk supply interruptions to the Masilonyana Local Municipality this week. The Free State municipality is now entering into the second week of scheduled interruptions and the utility says it plans to extend...
Minister of Energy, Jeff Radebe says Eskom will sign purchase agreements with independent producers for 27 renewable energy projects on March 13 2018. Speaking at a media briefing on Thursday Radebe said the signing would mark government’s...
South African Local Government Association (SALGA) President Parks Tau has called for a decentralised energy supplier and more competition in the energy sector. According to Tau the South African electricity and energy industry is still heavily...
Eskom has signed a R20 billion credit facility with a consortium of local and international banks. The power utility says the government guaranteed facility will form part of the financing of Eskom’s current capital expenditure programme. According...
Eskom has confirmed the resignation of suspended Group Executive for Information Technology, Sean Maritz. The utility said it received a letter from Maritz on Thursday 1 March 2018, noting his decision to resign with immediate effect. Maritz’s...
S&P Global Ratings has downgraded the credit rating for Eskom on Wednesday from B- to CCC+. According to a report by Reuters, the global ratings agency took the decision as a result of liquidity concerns and insufficient government support that...
While Optimum coal mine, which supplies Eskom’s Hendrina power station is undergoing business rescue, the power utility says it will source coal from other suppliers. In a statement released on Thursday Eskom confirmed the status of the coal mine....
Newly elected president Cyril Ramaphosa has turned his attention to State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) to ensure that they deliver on their mandate. In his inaugural State of the Nation Address (SONA) the president said that government would intervene...
Eskom’s Koeberg nuclear plant recently launched a mobile groundwater desalination plant amidst the drought currently gripping the Western Cape. According to Eskom the desalination plant will take care of the country’s sole nuclear power plant thus...
