Eskom has imposed conditions to access the national grid on 1.85GW worth of new projects to prevent “grid hogging”.
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Energy regulator Nersa has approved that the National Transmission Company of South Africa be issued with a licence.
South Africa is planning to scale up its grid capacity as it works to address the crippling power shortages.
Unplanned outages at Eskom’s generating fleet fell to less than 16GW in the past two months, President Cyril Ramaphosa said.
Eskom has handed load shedding operations back to the City of Ekurhuleni after the metro said it would abide by the rules.
South Africa’s wine industry has been badly hit, with load shedding impacting all stages of production.
Eskom has assumed full responsibility for implementing load shedding in the City of Ekurhuleni.
Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has attacked South Africa’s $8.5-billion climate finance pact with rich countries.
Eskom increased the level of load shedding further on Monday because of poorly performing power stations.
South Africa will prioritise the expansion of its electricity grid, said electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa.