Energy regulator Nersa on Tuesday (18 February) approved Eskom’s Retail Tariff Plan, which will require owners of solar PV installations connected to the grid to ...

Power utility Eskom has doubled down on its intentions to come after households with grid-tied rooftop solar in South Africa, saying they have until March 2026 to qualify for exemption from high ...

Eskom has issued a stern warning to homeowners with rooftop solar systems, stating that all installations must be registered with the utility or risk being deemed illegal—a process that could be ...

Eskom officials in KwaZulu-Natal have laid bare the challenges they face, including municipal debt of R2.2 billion. Marlaine Nair, chairperson of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature Cooperative ...

Eskom has burned through a massive amount of diesel in order to avoid load shedding in the past year. Recently, the state power utility surpassed more than 300 days without load shedding sponsored ...

Picture: Gallo Images / Deon Raath Electricity and Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has revealed that over 2.1 million consumers are not paying for electricity, costing Eskom approximately R3 ...

Eskom’s reliance on load reduction as a cover for load-shedding, instead of fixing overloaded substations and incentivising alternative energy solutions, is prolonging South Africa’s power ...

Conflicts of interest among Eskom employees continue to be an issue plaguing the power utility, according to the Special Investigating Unit (SIU). On Wednesday, SIU officials briefed Parliament ...

CAPE TOWN - The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) says Eskom deliberately created urgency when it awarded Fidelity Security Services a R500 million contract in 2022 to protect power stations. The ...

Eskom has gone 10 months without implementing power cuts that hobbled the economy for years and is taking measures to bolster its renewable-energy capacity. Yet significant underlying issues still ...

Energy regulator Nersa cut deep into Eskom’s application for a 36% tariff increase on 1 April, 11.81% in the next year and 9.1% in 2027/28 that had domestic and commercial consumers up in arms.

Godongwana’s budget speech, concerns are mounting over Eskom’s ongoing financial struggles, and the possibility of tax increases to cover the state-owned power utility’s shortfall.