Date: Dec 4, 2018
The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) has opposed Eskom’s price application, calling instead for an overhaul at the utility.
Eskom has asked the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) for a 15% tariff increase per year for the next three years.
Earlier this year, Nersa granted Eskom a 4.1% increase effective from April under the regulatory clearing account to claw back more than R30 billion over the next four years.
Outa’s Ronald Chauke says Eskom cannot fix systemic problems by hiking tariffs.
“The utility is unable to meet electricity demand during weekends of low demand and is back to load shedding.
