MEDIA RELEASE – 14 November 2024: Civil Society Has Their Voices Heard at NERSA Public Hearings on Electricity Tariff Increase

On 18 and 19 November 2024, community members and civil society organisations from across The Cape Flats and broader City of Cape Town will have their voices and concerns heard at the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) public hearings on Eskom‘s Sixth Multi-Year Price Determination (MYPD 6) Revenue Application for Financial years [...]

By |2024-11-14T09:09:10+02:00November 14th, 2024|

EGSA appeal to SA Cabinet: standstill on climate crisis response

EGSA has appealed to SA Cabinet: standstill on climate crisis response Richard Worthington and Richard Halsey on behalf of the Energy Governance South Africa (EGSA) network - a group of Civil Society Organisations dedicated to promoting transparent, inclusive and accountable decision-making in the energy sector - have sent a letter to Cabinet Ministers. This letter [...]

By |2021-07-06T12:55:13+02:00March 23rd, 2020|

How RCA Mechanism Rewards Eskom’s Bad Management

Eskom is protected at the expense of consumers, while scrutiny of the tiny details detracts from the utility’s bankruptcy Beleaguered Eskom is once again looking to the National Energy Regulator of SA (NERSA) to increase the price of electricity. This time it is via a mechanism called the Regulatory Clearing Account (RCA), which allows Eskom [...]

By |2020-02-27T08:32:39+02:00February 27th, 2020|

ESKOM Price Hikes Submission

In September 2018, Eskom submitted their revenue application for FY2019/20 - 2021/22 to the National Energy Regulator South Africa (NERSA). NERSA published a call for submissions soon thereafter. Project 90 by 2030 puts forward the following submission for NERSA’s attention. While this submission will look into a number of issues we picked up in Eskom’s [...]

By |2021-07-05T14:44:15+02:00January 15th, 2019|

ESKOM PRICE HIKES FORCE CITIZENS TO CHOOSE: FOOD OR LIGHTS

ESKOM PRICE HIKES FORCE CITIZENS TO CHOOSE: COOK FOOD OR LEAVE THE LIGHTS ON? PRESS RELEASE  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CAPE TOWN, Western Cape, Thursday 29 November, 2018 Background Eskom has been granted a number of tariff increases by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) amounting to a 300% increase from 2007 to 2015 [...]

By |2021-07-06T11:14:39+02:00November 30th, 2018|

Project90’s Community Partnership Program

Journal Entry 1 By Thando Lukuko, Community Partnership Project Officer, 13 November 2018 Smart Citizens It has been a very exciting few months for the Community Partnership Programme (CPP) Team at Project 90 by 2030, since the 2nd iteration of the SMART Citizens In Action project kicked off in 2018.   The SMART Citizens In [...]

By |2021-07-06T12:45:54+02:00November 13th, 2018|

Life in Hillview

On 4 October 2018, Project 90 by 2030 held Public Participation Workshops with a group of concerned community leaders from Nyanga, Hillview, Gugulethu and Khayelitsha to discuss the draft Integrated Resource Plan (IRP 2018) and how the various proposed scenarios could affect their daily lives. It was clear from comments made that the current and rising [...]

By |2021-07-06T12:47:22+02:00November 9th, 2018|

NUM symposium: An earnest attempt to find the truth

On 17 May 2017, the National Union of Mine workers (NUM), in collaboration with the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) and Sam Tambani Research Institute (SATRI), hosted a symposium to gather more information surrounding the energy needs of South Africa. They invited various civil society organisations, political parties, scientific institutes and government organs to attend and [...]

By |2018-04-09T12:53:20+02:00July 3rd, 2017|

The Road Home from Paris to a low-carbon South Africa

December 2015 saw the close of international climate negotiations (COP21) in Paris, France, which gave rise to a global climate agreement – the Paris Agreement – the first since the Kyoto Protocol which was adopted almost 20 years ago. Whilst the Paris Agreement may lack the ambition that many participating parties had initially hoped for; [...]

By |2017-07-24T12:00:40+02:00July 31st, 2016|

Mining nuclear fuel in the Karoo has serious consequences

Image credit: Andrey Serebryakov In 2016 there has been substantial media coverage on the proposed nuclear build in South Africa. This included: the cost, the outdated energy planning documents, the international agreements, a court case involving the President and the Minister of Energy, problematic environmental impact assessments, a strained nuclear regulator and the potential for [...]

By |2017-07-24T12:00:40+02:00July 20th, 2016|
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