Municipal debt to ⁦Eskom Hld SOC Ltd⁩ has doubled since 2021, increasing from R35bn to R45bn in 2022, R56bn in 2023 and R75bn this year.
Yet SALGA wants courts to declare that munics have sole right to distribute electricity 🙄 undermining sector reforms
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There’s an easy way to test the seriousness of these small modular nuclear reactor proposals - get them to bid a competitive fixed PPA (as per SA’s REIPPP) so that the nuclear company bears all cost overrun risks, not electricity consumers youtu.be/GndApnuc7Wo?si… via YouTube

Global #ElectricVehicles production (BEVs & PHEVs) up 35% in 2023, compared to 2022. Some serious growth by leading EV manufacturers over the last few years. Almost 14 million BEVs and PHEVs supplied in 2023, roughly 15% of total vehicles.

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Each year the availability (EAF) of Eskom Hld SOC Ltd power stations has declined. Against a target of 65% for 2023/24 they achieved only 54%.
But does the recent uptick (with no load-shedding over the past week) represent a turnaround? Too early to tell.
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After nearly constant load-shedding, South Africans will be happy with national utility ⁦Eskom Hld SOC Ltd⁩ predicting no power cuts in the week ahead. But evening peak reserve margins are tiny and further plant breakdowns could push us back into the red zone.

France set to commission new nuclear plant - 12 years late and more than 3 times over budget p.dw.com/p/4eDbm?maca=e…

The end of Oppenheimer's energy dream | Allison Macfarlane » IAI TV: iai.tv/articles/the-e…

Looks like the National Council of Provinces is pushing to get the Electricity Regulation Amendment Bill through this parliament…… pmg.org.za/call-for-comme…

A straightforward policy briefing note from the University of Cape Town's PowerFuturesLab explaining why the Eskom Hld SOC Ltd unbundling provisions in the Electricity Regulation Amendment Bill are so crucial for the future of South Africa's power sector
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IPP off-taker contracts are being transferred from Eskom Hld SOC Ltd Holdings to the National Transmission Company of South Africa and its Central Purchasing Agency, which will need to be ring-fenced from the Market Operator, also within the NTCSA moneyweb.co.za/news/south-afr… via Moneyweb News