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            <description><![CDATA[The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has called for public comment on revised draft rules for electricity trading as part of a second round of consultations after Eskom raised objections to an initial draft published in November 2025. In a statement, Nersa said the updated draft rules had been significantly expanded and revised to incorporate stakeholder comments that were made during the initial consultation process.]]></description>
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            <title>Nersa publishes draft market inquiry report on fixed, generation capacity charges </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has published the draft market inquiry report on the impact of fixed charges levied by electricity distributors and State-owned entity Eskom’s unbundled generation capacity charge, legacy charge and variable energy charge for stakeholder input and comment. The draft findings indicate that, although the movement towards more cost-reflective tariffs has an important regulatory rationale, the impacts of tariff restructuring differ across customer categories depending on consumption patterns, load factors, operational requirements and the ability to respond to tariff signals, Nersa says in a statement.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Glencore Merafe Chrome Venture has announced that the Boshoek and Wonderkop ferrochrome smelters will be restarted, following the conclusion of the detailed terms and conditions of negotiated pricing agreements (NPAs) with Eskom. The NPAs, Glencore Marafe said, gave full effect to the 62c/kWh tariff, which had been approved by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) for both the venture and for Samacor Chrome.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[The latest edition of the yearly inter-agency publication ‘Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report’, featuring data from 2023 and 2024, shows that while most regions are nearing universal energy access, progress in sub-Saharan Africa has slowed significantly, and the pace of electrification must triple to achieve universal access by 2030. According to the report, 560-million people in the region are without electricity and 970-million lack access to clean cooking.]]></description>
            <author>Tasneem Bulbulia</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the University of Pretoria (UP) to create a framework for bilateral cooperation regarding research and development (R&D), technology innovation, education and training, as well as skills development. The intent is to develop South Africa’s next generation of nuclear scientists, engineers and other professionals to support the country’s development.    “Necsa’s collaboration with the [UP] ...]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa may have largely moved beyond the sustained phases of loadshedding that defined recent years; however, energy costs continue to climb, global professional body the Chartered Institute for Procurement & Supply (CIPS) indicates. In March, the National Energy Regulator of South Africa approved electricity tariff increases of 8.76% for direct customers of State-owned utility Eskom and 9.01% for municipal customers for the 2026/27 financial year, adding further pressure to businesses already grappling with rising operating and logistics costs, the professional body points out.]]></description>
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            <title>Discovery Green inks deal to supply wheeled electricity to York Timbers</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Electricity trader Discovery Green has signed a ten-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with forest-product company York Timber Holdings. The deal will result in 90% of the energy consumed at the Jessievale sawmill in Mpumalanga being supplied by wheeled renewable electricity, and reduce the JSE-listed company’s carbon emissions.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Data centre and critical infrastructure power systems manufacturer Master Power Technologies (MPT) has opened a customer experience centre at its offices in Midrand, Gauteng, where customers can test and validate solutions before installing them into their data centres. Power and cooling were critical components in the digital sector and the new centre was a platform to choose equipment, as well as evaluate and validate the characteristics of equipment, MPT founder and CEO Menno Parsons said on June 22 at the launch of the centre.]]></description>
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