Eskom wants to sell surplus power to bitcoin miners, but energy regulator Nersa’s paper leaves key questions open.
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Outa welcomes the open-ended waiver but wants Eskom to justify registering systems that never export power.
South Africa’s private power boom has created a billing problem most finance teams can’t solve.
With petrol heading for a new record, do solar panels and an EV really work as a hedge against fuel and Eskom?
No proposal has reached the regulator on making midday power cheaper to soak up surplus solar in South Africa.
Eskom’s profit more than doubled to R30.3-billion, but electricity sales fell 6.2% and municipal arrears passed R111-billion.
Sites, grid connections and power-purchase agreements are in place for 180MW, but nothing is generating yet.
R46.2-billion of prepaid electricity moved through the group in the year to May, up 4%. The commission it earned fell 13%.
Households will not be able to choose who sells them electricity when South Africa’s competitive electricity market opens.
Energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has outlined a major overhaul to South Africa’s electricity pricing policy.