The performance of and challenges facing State Owned Companies (SOCs) has come under the spotlight recently, particularly the absence of permanent CEOs and boards. Minster of Public Enterprises Lynne Brown recently noted these issues and delved...
The Kusile Power Station project has reached another major milestone with Unit 1 reaching full load last week. This means Unit 1 is running at the full design and operating capacity – 800 MW – taking Kusile one step closer to commercial operation....
While some rural village households in Mpumalanga finally have access to electricity for the first time, other municipalities in the province will be in darkness this weekend. Eskom said it will continue interrupting power supply to the eMalahleni...
Several independent power producers (IPPs) have received budget quotes from Eskom which contain the costs involved to connect them to the national power grid. President Jacob Zuma put the minds of many at ease during last week’s state of the nation...
Six coal contracts were terminated by Eskom in a move to ensure clean governance between the power utility and its contractors, Eskom acting CE Matshela Koko said on Monday. Eskom transports about 40-million tonnes of coal on road, using two...
Eskom has been asked by Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown to give municipalities until the end of this month to settle their outstanding debts to the power utility before cutting their power supply. Brown explained that cutting power would...
Municipalities and secondary cities cannot afford for South Africans to directly receive electricity from Eskom. This view comes from Eyal Shevel, sector head of corporate and public sector ratings at Global Credit Ratings (GCR), in light of Eskom...
Preferred bidders who have outstanding renewable power purchase agreements with Eskom are entitled to approach a court to enforce the power utility’s signature on the agreement. This is according to senior counsel at South African law firm Webber...
Eskom said it is making some progress with collecting money owed to it by municipalities. Of the 34 municipalities scheduled for supply interruptions during the month of January, Eskom has received payments and signed payment plans with 22...
