The unbundling now has advisers, a timetable and, at last, agreement between Eskom and business.
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Eskom’s profit more than doubled to R30.3-billion, but electricity sales fell 6.2% and municipal arrears passed R111-billion.
Eskom and BLSA now say they agree on the independent transmission operator, two months after a public falling-out.
South Africa’s biggest data centre operator expects renewables to cover more than half its consumption by the end of 2027.
Eskom has secured the government approvals it needs to establish Eskom Green as a wholly owned subsidiary.
Telkom fought to keep its network and South Africa lost a decade. Eskom risks making the same mistake.
The fight over who owns South Africa’s transmission grid has burst spectacularly into the open.
Eskom Green is targeting up to 32GW by 2040, with the board insisting it will partner private developers, not compete with them.
Eskom is working with Nersa to develop a framework to monetise a daytime surplus created by the boom in rooftop solar.
South Africa’s wholesale power market was set to launch on 1 April – that date has now slipped.