Ramakgopa confident he can head off Eskom’s ‘untenable’ tariff hike with policy adjustments

Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramakgopa is confident that State-owned utility Eskom’s proposed tariff increase for direct customers of 36.15%, and a 43.55% hike in municipal tariffs, will not come to pass. On September 24, Engineering News reported that the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) had formally published Eskom’s highly controversial price allowable revenue application for the coming three years. Nersa will, in the coming months, hold public hearings on the proposed increases before making a final determination.