The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has published timelines for the processing Eskom’s retail tariff plan (RTP) application, in which potentially far-reaching changes to the tariff structure are requested. The timeline deviates slightly from the timelines included in Nersa’s consultation paper release to guide those stakeholders intending to comment on the RTP, which scheduled a public hearing for Christmas eve.
The first hot-rolled coil (HRC) has been produced at Scaw Metals’ Union Junction complex in Ekurhuleni, heralding the reintroduction of competition into South Africa’s flat-steel market. The R5-billion steel investment, which has been 75% funded by Absa and Investec and 25% funded by the State-owned Industrial Development Corporation, is also the first new flat-steel mill to be built domestically since Saldanha Steel in the 1990s, but which has since been mothballed.
Information and communications technology infrastructure company Teraco has started construction of its 120 MW utility-scale solar PV power plant in the Free State, which is expected to come online in late 2026. Teraco will own the 120 MW solar PV plant and wheel the renewable energy to its data centres, with the plan to create its own sustainable energy source to power the next generation of client cloud and AI computing applications.