No proposal has reached the regulator on making midday power cheaper to soak up surplus solar in South Africa.
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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.
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.
South Africa’s biggest data centre operator expects renewables to cover more than half its consumption by the end of 2027.
A quartet of newly approved projects is chasing spare grid capacity, not South Africa’s best solar resources.
Eskom is working with Nersa to develop a framework to monetise a daytime surplus created by the boom in rooftop solar.
Eskom tariffs will rise by 8.76% from April after Nersa formally approved hikes triggered by its own error.