The following letter was written and submitted by Project 90 by 2030 to President Cyril Ramaphosa, with the endorsement of the Energy Governance South Africa (EGSA) members on the 19 February 2019 on ESKOM Restructuring and the lack of details. Dear President Cyril Ramaphosa, We write to you as the Energy Governance South Africa (EGSA) [...]
A group of civil society organisations has issued a challenge for Government to set itself decisive climate change objectives. The challenge was delivered during a media briefing held in Cape Town on 30 Jan, hosted by Project 90 by 2030 “Climate change poses an immediate and far reaching threat to people and communities worldwide and [...]
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 [...]
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CAPE TOWN, Western Cape, Wednesday 9 January, 2019 NERSA PUBLIC HEARINGS TO BE HELD ON REQUESTED ESKOM TARIFF HIKES ESKOM is requesting an additional 15% tariff increase for the next three financial years, amounting to a 45% price hike for consumers. If a household currently spends R500/month on electricity, the [...]
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 [...]
Greenpeace has just released a report on the extent of the global air pollution crisis, analysed using groundbreaking satellite data from 1 June to 31 August this year mapping the world’s Nitrous Oxide (NO2) air pollution hotspots across six continents in the most detail to date. The world’s largest NO2 air pollution hotspot is Mpumalanga province [...]
Kendal Power Station, July 2018 (Photo: groundWork) Eskom has once again announced that it will not meet pollution standards for 14 of its coal power stations. Read the Background Information Document here. Although Eskom has already been given permission to postpone its compliance with the Air Quality Act’s minimum emission standards, and despite overwhelming evidence [...]
