The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) has welcomed the reduction of international petroleum product prices, including crude oil prices.
Eskom will on an urgent basis in the next three months accelerate efforts to add new generation capacity to its faltering grid.
Electricity generation in South Africa may come online at a faster pace than what we previously thought after president Cyril Ramaphosa proposed wide-ranging and urgent power reforms including a temporary legislative regime that cuts red tape, says BNP...
Concerns over the quality of Eskom staff have been at an all time high with accountability standards being questioned.
The South African business community is encouraged by the president's new plan and pleased that most proposals from energy experts and the private sector were considered.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that the government will introduce new regulations to allow new generation energy projects to come online faster, on an urgent basis, for a limited time.
South Africa plans to try and resolve its chronic power shortage by making it easier for private companies to build plants and paying households and businesses to produce electricity from solar panels.
South Africa's solar installers and providers are trying to distance themselves from reports of a "solar levy" being considered by power utility Eskom, saying that no such plan exists.
The South African city of Cape Town is starting a program to buy power from commercial and industrial producers who will be allowed to send power to the grid for cash, Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis said.
Power utility Eskom has warned that it may be forced to re-introduce load shedding at short notice after five of its generating units tripped on Monday morning.
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