Electricity theft and unrecognised municipal revenue together exceed the utility’s entire annual profit.
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Eskom has confirmed R36.8-billion of irregular expenditure relating to prior years, restated outside the financial statements.
Eskom and BLSA now say they agree on the independent transmission operator, two months after a public falling-out.
Koeberg unit 1 tripped just before 1am on Thursday. Unit 2 has been down since April. No load shedding is expected.
A 148MW solar plant in Limpopo now supplies a Rio Tinto-owned smelter 600km away in KwaZulu-Natal.
Carbon capture makes coal dearer every year, while solar and batteries get cheaper with every passing quarter.
South Africa’s miners are buying their own power, and Eskom is no longer the default supplier of electricity.
Sites, grid connections and power-purchase agreements are in place for 180MW, but nothing is generating yet.
Households will not be able to choose who sells them electricity when South Africa’s competitive electricity market opens.
A R7.15-million CSIR study into “clean coal” is done, but the test plant is unbuilt, underfunded and years from results.