The Democratic Alliance announced on Monday that it will revive legislation to break Eskom’s monopoly on the generation and transmission of electricity by introducing a private member’s bill.
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South Africa has a lot going for it when it comes to renewable energy. But several factors stand in the way of its ability to move entirely away from coal.
Eskom on Monday night narrowly averted load shedding despite a decline in peak energy demand compared to 2007 and the addition of more than 7.5GW of installed generation capacity over the last decade.
Standard electricity users will bear the brunt of the R32.7-billion the state-owned power utility can recover in unbudgeted costs incurred in the 2014 to 2017 financial years.