Eskom doesn’t want to buy electricity from the company that won most of a government emergency power tender because it’s concerned about the cost and length of the contract, sources said.
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Eskom said on Wednesday that it is unable to agree to certain union demands over wage increases and declined to make an offer on basic salary until labour groups respond.
Eskom issued a start warning on Wednesday, saying it will increase “load reduction” measures in Gauteng to try to cope with threats to its distribution infrastructure from criminals.
DNG Energy, a South African gas company, has sued to halt the government’s award of emergency power supply contracts, alleging that the process was tainted by corruption.
South Africa plans to lift the licensing threshold for small-scale power generation projects to 10MW from 1MW, a boost to firms anxious to curb their reliance on the ailing Eskom, but industry experts had hoped for more.
South African prosecutors are seeking the extradition of a British national who’s been implicated in a fraudulent deal with Eskom.
Officials from the department of mineral resources & energy appeared before a parliamentary portfolio committee on Tuesday to brief it on the Karpowership contract to supply power from vessels to South Africa.
Government’s proposed deal with Karpowership to buy electricity generated on its three floating power stations over a period of 20 years will expose consumers to considerable risk.
Eskom will implement load shedding from 9pm on Tuesday evening as it fights breakdowns at its power plants. The power cuts – at stage 2 – will last until 5am on Wednesday.
A fallout between top executives at Eskom took a new turn, with the utility’s CEO accusing its now-suspended chief procurement officer of facilitating R8-billion of deals with a company suspected of fraud.