Government has published proposed changes to the Electricity Regulation Act that will facilitate the opening of the national power grid to private generators.
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The introduction of utility-scale battery storage into the national power grid is imminent, but grossly inadequate, according to the South African Energy Storage Association.
Just a day after terminating a week-long bout of load shedding, Eskom said on Monday that rotational power cuts will return from 9pm on Monday evening.
The maximum percentage contribution by renewable sources towards electricity supplied in South Africa occurred at 1pm on 1 November last year.
Energy minister Gwede Mantashe said he suspended a community representative from the board of the regulator because he’s an opponent of atomic power.
A bribes-for-contracts scandal involving Neotel and Transnet should be referred to law enforcement for further action, the state capture commission has recommended.
Former Denel chairman Daniel Mantsha played a critical role in helping to capture the company for the Guptas, according to the state capture commission.
Eskom will implement the first load shedding of 2022 from today, 2 February. The rotational power cuts will begin at 11am and continue until 5am on Monday.
A key obstacle to an emergency programme to supply 2GW of power to South Africa’s grid has been removed.
While struggling to scrape money together for maintenance work, Eskom is having to fork out big money to fight theft and vandalism.