Deadline to officially end 103-year monopoly in South Africa

[Newsfeed]

Deadline to officially end 103-year monopoly in South Africa

The Department of Electricity and Energy briefed Parliament on plans to overhaul South Africa's power market, make electricity cheaper, and ensure security of supply.

 

[Hemi300c]

IBIWISI
You've got a R328Bil outstanding amount that grows every month and you expect us to believe you'll reduce your pricing?

 

[ThinkCentre]

ESKOM was not a monopoly in the beginning! Cape Town had its own power stations years ago for instance! ESKOM made South Africans to join them to form this monopoly.

 

[daveza]

Is this like the analogue migration deadline?

 

[system32]

Why does Eskom / Metros make it expensive and difficult to feed excess home PV to grid.
Get paid.
No to "net metering".

It's almost like they don't want competition.

 

[etienne_marais]

A monopoly that used to provide the cheapest electricity in the world.

 

[A3@MBB]

ESKOM was not a monopoly in the beginning! Cape Town had its own power stations years ago for instance! ESKOM made South Africans to join them to form this monopoly.

Even Bloemfontein had a coal to steam power plant.

 

[wingnut771]

Even Bloemfontein had a coal to steam power plant.

Every city had one.

 

[Bad Ballie]

At this point they can just drop the "make electricity affordable" joke, it has run its course already. Electricity prices are increasing not decreasing and with them now wanting to increase infrastructure costs people who do not even use their electricity are going to be forced to pay them for not using it. Anyone who still buys into the nonsense shouldn't be allowed to vote at this point.

 

[Roo!]

Cheaper for whom? Certainly not the dried out husks that are the paying consumers!