Eskom has a message for AfriForum: bring it on
Eskom declined to comment on AfriForum’s formal notice about cutting power to 13 municipalities. It is ready to defend itself in court.
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Eskom declined to comment on AfriForum’s formal notice about cutting power to 13 municipalities. It is ready to defend itself in court.
South Africa’s energy regulator has applied to review court-ordered timelines for municipal electricity price increases.
The Pretoria High Court has ruled in favour of AfriForum, which challenged the secrecy around electricity cost of supply studies in South Africa.
While the cost of SSEG sign-off by an engineer could vary greatly, several experts estimated it was in the tens of thousands of rand.
Afriforum has temporarily halted a settlement between Eskom and the National Energy Regulator of South Africa that would allow the power utility to collect an additional R54 billion in revenue through extra tariff hikes over the next three years.