Industrial gas users outline policy actions needed to avert gas cliff

The Industrial Gas Users Association-Southern Africa (IGUA-SA) has outlined the policy requirements it believes are now required to mitigate what would otherwise be a steep decline in gas supply to domestic industry by 2030. Described as a ‘gas cliff’ the fall-off is anticipated when existing supply from Mozambique’s Pande-Temane fields is no longer available to industrial consumers from 2028 and after Sasol ends its temporary two-year supply of methane-rich gas, produced using coal.
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Eskom warns of Joburg power cuts after city ‘fails to honour terms of court order’

Eskom has issued a public notice warning of possible electricity supply interruptions in the City of Johannesburg (CoJ) from July 8, owing to an alleged failure by the municipality to honour the terms of a settlement agreement relating to outstanding debt and the payment of its current electricity account. The settlement agreement was made an order of the High Court in November last year.
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