Areas With The Most Illegal Electrical Connections1 min readAn electricity connection is considered illegal when its wires are connected to the local municipality’s grid network without the permission of the local municipality. It is estimated that S...

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Areas With The Most Load Reduction1 min readLoad reduction occurs when Eskom intentionally cuts its electricity supply to certain areas to reduce the excess of load caused by illegal connections to the power grid. To maximise its effect, load reducti...

New 147MW Wind Farm Opened in Roggeveld, Northern Cape1 min readThe newly opened 147 MW Roggeveld wind farm will produce 620 GWh of energy a year – enough to supply 49 200 homes each year. The plant, which took 4 years to complete, contains 47 w...

NERSA Being Taken to Court Over High Tariffs1 min read The National Electricity Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) is being taken to court by the Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber (NMBBC) over the methods it uses to determine the country’s elec...

5 Ways to Reduce Electricity Use2 min readElectricity is becoming an increasingly scarce commodity in South Africa due to the crippling of Eskom’s infrastructure and the deterioration of municipal facilities. This has led to cycles of load shedding a...