| Re: Electricity bill may rise by 24% [boodskap #116719] |
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Ferdi
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On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:25:36 +0200, Dave wrote:
> Electricity bill may rise by 24%
> 18 March 2008, 07:30
Is op pad om gekonnekteer te word met Egoli gas - dis nou as die
slapgat maatskappy in randburg hulle goed agtermekaar kan kry.
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| Re: Electricity bill may rise by 24% [boodskap #116725 is 'n antwoord op boodskap #116719] |
Wed, 19 March 2008 07:08  |
Riaan
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"Ferdi" skryf in boodskap news:9ibvt3156l7063n7bu671tb2dnu1d7cv9e@4ax.com...
> Is op pad om gekonnekteer te word met Egoli gas - dis nou as die
> slapgat maatskappy in randburg hulle goed agtermekaar kan kry.
Gee bietjie meer inligting asb - Is die gas ook beskikbaar in Centurion ?
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| Re: Electricity bill may rise by 24% [boodskap #116727 is 'n antwoord op boodskap #116725] |
Wed, 19 March 2008 07:14 |
duif
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On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:08:48 +0200, "Riaan" wrote:
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> "Ferdi" wrote in message
> news:9ibvt3156l7063n7bu671tb2dnu1d7cv9e@4ax.com...
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>> Is op pad om gekonnekteer te word met Egoli gas - dis nou as die
>> slapgat maatskappy in randburg hulle goed agtermekaar kan kry.
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> Gee bietjie meer inligting asb - Is die gas ook beskikbaar in Centurion ?
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Hier is meer inligting - maar defnitief nie wat jy wil hoor nie;
Ook nie wat jy jou gas(te) wil vertel nie:-)
Eskom wants 53% more
19 March 2008, 07:09
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By Boyd Webb and Sapa
Eskom is still supplying electricity to South Africa's neighbours, but
they are also being subjected to power shedding, Public Enterprises
Minister Alec Erwin said on Tuesday, as the country braced itself for
a possible 53 percent hike in the price of electricity.
The National Energy Regulator (Nersa) confirmed that Eskom had
officially applied for a 53 percent tariff hike. "Eskom has applied
for a revision of the price for 2008/9 from 14,2 percent to 53 percent
increase... or a 60 percent nominal increase," Nersa said.
The energy utility has already implemented a 14,2 percent increase
which Nersa granted it last year, but Eskom has argued that the
increase was not enough to help fund its R300-billion expansion
programme.
If the new request is granted, the increase will replace the 14,2
percent increase.
The hike - whether 14,2 or 53 percent - comes in the wake of a 2c per
kilowatt hour electricity levy announced last month by Finance
Minister Trevor Manuel, and amid a new round of nationwide power cuts.
It said Eskom wanted the revision because of what the utility said
were its higher primary energy costs, and "accelerated demand side
management" costs.
Nersa, that last year turned down Eskom's original request for an 18
percent increase, looks set to pay the power utilities' hefty demand
some serious attention. "In the light of the current electricity
supply shortage and load shedding in the country, the energy regulator
will give urgent attention to Eskom's application and make its
decision after due process," the regulator said.
During the National Assembly debate on the Appropriation Bill on
Tuesday opposition parties called for greater clarity of Eskom's
funding structures.
The ACDP said that while it was welcoming the fact that government
would address the power crisis by providing R60-billion (over five
years) to assist Eskom, it needed greater clarity as to the terms and
details of this funding arrangement.
The Freedom Front Plus (FF+) decried the lack of political leadership
in the crisis arguing that it was largely to blame for the economic
insecurity and pessimism that abounded.
However, responding to parliamentary questions from the FF+, Erwin
said South Africans were not the only ones feeling the brunt of the
power crises. He told FF+ MP Willie Spies that Eskom was only
supplying 90 on Tuesday of the 950 mega watts of the electricity it
was contractually obliged to provide a Mozambican aluminium smelter.
He said the smelter had offered to absorb further hours of
"disruption" in order to assist during the energy crisis in January.
"In addition, once the commitment was made by South African customers
to reduce their off take by 10 percent, this reduction was made by the
smelter. It is therefore currently operating at 90 percent of normal
levels," he said.
Erwin assured Spies that all utilities that bought electricity from
Eskom - Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Mozambique and Swaziland
- were subject to the "same treatment" as South Africans were.
"Where domestic customers have been subjected to load shedding the
respective utilities have been subjected to similar restriction," he
said.
* This article was originally published on page 3 of The Star on
March 19, 2008
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