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            <description><![CDATA[Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) CEO Busisiwe Mavuso has called for policy follow-through to ensure that the restructuring under way in the electricity industry facilitates a transition to a market that is genuinely competitive and “not reform in name only”. Writing in her weekly newsletter, Mavuso homed in on the importance that organised business was attaching to the creation of an independent transmission system operator (TSO), which also owned the grid assets, for the emergence of a competitive market.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <title>NTCSA acknowledges ‘temporary bottleneck’ of R2bn in curtailment payments to IPPs</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The National Transmission Company South Africa (NTCSA) has confirmed what it describes as a “temporary bottleneck” in curtailment payments to independent power producers (IPPs), with about R2-billion of such compensation claims currently undergoing “verification and settlement”. This confirmation came only days after EE Business Intelligence MD and energy analyst Chris Yelland wrote that renewables IPPs had experienced a sharp increase in curtailment instructions from Eskom in 2026 and were growing increasingly concerned about a lack of transparency in the methodology being used, as well as delayed reimbursements.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Agence française de développement (AFD) has approved a €650 000 (about R12-million) grant to facilitate a two-year technical cooperation programme between RTE international and the National Transmission Company South Africa (NTCSA). This collaboration between the French and South African electricity transmission operators has been formalised through a memorandum of understanding involving Eskom, RTE international, AFD, and NTCSA, signed on the sidelines of the Africa Energy Forum in Cape Town.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Power utility Eskom says it has, in the interest of ensuring a fair administrative process, extended the deadline for the Promotion of Administrative Justice Act (PAJA) notice issued previously to the City of Johannesburg and City Power by 30 days.  The public is, therefore, urged to make representations, submissions, comments and/or requests by July 17.]]></description>
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            <title>Ramokgopa urges Africa to turn cross-border power plans into bankable projects</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Electricity and Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has called for Africa to accelerate the implementation of cross-border electricity infrastructure by converting continental energy plans into bankable projects capable of attracting large-scale investment. Addressing the opening of the Africa Energy Forum (AEF) in Cape Town on Tuesday, Ramokgopa said the continent needed to accelerate implementation of the African 10-Year Infrastructure Investment Plan for cross-border interconnectivity, which is being advanced under South Africa's G20 presidency.]]></description>
            <author>Mariaan Webb</author>
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            <title>SAPVIA calls for fair access to limited grid as new renewable utility Eskom Green powers up</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Industry organisation the South African Photovoltaic Industry Association (SAPVIA) welcomes the establishment of State-owned renewable-energy utility Eskom Green, but calls for assurance that access to the limited grid capacity will be shared equitably by all independent power producers and players. The establishment of Eskom Green recognises that utility-scale renewable energy and energy storage will be central to delivering long-term energy security, supporting economic growth and attracting investment into the country's energy infrastructure.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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            <title>Ramokgopa to seek Cabinet approval soon to extend tariff discounts to more industries</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has indicated that he intends approaching Cabinet in the coming weeks to seek approval to extend concessional electricity tariffs similar to those that have already been approved for two ferrochrome producers to other electricity-intensive industries. In addition, he told delegates to a Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (Seifsa) conference on June 11 that lower tariffs could also be made available to less electricity-intensive sectors such as steel; a sector which he described as strategic and where electricity costs had been flagged as one of the reasons for recent production closures.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
            <category>ELECTRICITY &amp; INDUSTRY</category>
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            <title>South African steel sector at deindustrialisation ‘inflection point’</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The South African steel industry – encompassing the full value chain, from upstream producers to downstream manufacturers and fabricators – has been described as being at a deindustrialisation ‘inflection point’. The dire state of the sector, as well as the ineffectiveness of the prevailing interventions being pursued under the Steel Master Plan to arrest the sector’s decline, came into sharp focus during a Portfolio Committee on Trade, Industry and Competition meeting on Wednesday.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Eskom Green, which has now been officially launched, reports that it intends implementing an initial 2 GW pipeline of advanced utility-scale renewables projects in partnership with private investors on land mostly adjacent to the State-owned utility’s coal-fired power stations. However, it is also moving ahead with several smaller on-balance-sheet projects that have a combined capacity of 500 MW using capital set aside in the group’s corporate plan.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Eskom Restructuring Task Team (ERTT) has outlined the terms of reference guiding its deliberations on the establishment of an independent State-owned Transmission System Operator (TSO) that owns and controls the country’s transmission assets and is responsible for operating the electricity market. President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the establishment of the task team during his February State of the Nation Address, while reaffirming government’s support for a fully independent TSO.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <title>Opinion: The rise of electricity wheeling – the silent winner of the energy transition</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[In this article, independent power producer SOLA Group assets MD Katherine Persson writes that South African businesses are looking for more predictable energy costs, that wheeling and virtual wheeling are making offsite renewable energy more accessible and that storage is changing the reliability and bankability of renewable power.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:56:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Industrial strategy outlines ‘3Ds’ vision while fighting deindustrialisation rearguard action</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (dtic) has released a new Industrial Development Strategy (IDS) “anchored” by the so-called ‘3Ds’ of decarbonisation, diversification and digitalisation, but which also includes actions geared towards stemming the ongoing tide of deindustrialisation in traditional sectors. The 44-page strategy was published on the department’s website on June 8, following its approval by Cabinet on June 3.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[As renewable power reach increases and electricity systems face growing pressure from electrification, energy security concerns and shifting demand patterns, both grid infrastructure and battery energy storage systems are becoming central to the next phase of power-sector development, multinational research firm BMI’s 'The Future of Power Management: Grid Investment and Storage Trends Shaping The Energy Transition' webinar, held on June 4, explored. The session delved into how transmission, distribution, interconnection and storage investment are evolving across major markets, and why grids are increasingly becoming the binding constraint on renewable expansion. BMI power and renewables senior analyst Harvest-Time Obadire outlined that, for the future of power management, in the medium to long term, grid infrastructure trends were expected to include modernisation of grid assets, increasing investment and integration of advanced grid systems.]]></description>
            <author>Tasneem Bulbulia</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[With municipal debt to Eskom now exceeding R114-billion, government and Eskom are turning to Distribution Agency Agreements (DAAs) as a potential solution. Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses the rise of DAA's, as well as their potential risks and rewards.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The National Treasury has issued termination letters to 13 municipalities and is preparing to issue similar notices to 14 others in relation to their continued participation in a scheme set up in 2023 to address rising arrear debt to Eskom. Under the so-called Municipal Debt Relief Programme, municipalities that owed the State-owned utility a collective R58.5-billion as of March 2023 became eligible to have their historical debt written off over three years, with a maximum of one-third being cancelled in each year.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[The University of Cape Town (UCT) has signed a power purchase agreement with Discovery Green for wheeled renewable electricity that will account for up to 90% of the electricity consumed across the institution’s main and health sciences campus from the third quarter of 2027 onwards. The near-ten-year PPA is described as the first of its kind concluded in South Africa between an electricity trader and a public institution of higher education.]]></description>
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            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[The National Electricity Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) announced on Sunday that it had completed the evaluation and approval process for all the tariff applications from licensed municipal and private electricity distributors. These numbered 176, and were for the 2026/27 financial year, coming into effect on July 1. The regulator assured that the processing of these applications was done in accordance with the Electricity Regulation Act and with orders issued by the High Court on February 20 and May 26 this year. These rulings specified that municipal distributors’ tariffs had to be finalised and approved by May 11, and those of private distributors by May 30.]]></description>
            <author>Rebecca Campbell</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[The City of Johannesburg (CoJ) has secured a R3.8-billion loan from German State-owned development bank KfW, which it will use to finance critical electrical infrastructure investments in the 2025/26, 2026/27 and 2027/28 financial years. The 15-year facility is one of the largest concessional development finance facilities ever to be extended to a South African municipality.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Power utility Eskom has appointed Junaid Munshi group executive for its Distribution division, with effect from June 1. It says Munshi is a seasoned executive with more than three decades of engineering, marketing and commercial leadership experience in the technology and telecommunications sectors across South Africa and multiple African markets. Most recently, he served as chief commercial officer at Cable & Wireless Seychelles, where he was responsible for overall commercial strategy, revenue growth and market leadership, overseeing key functions including marketing, sales, customer service and field operations. Prior to this, he held senior executive roles within organisations including Maziv Group, Cell C and Vodacom Group.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Countries are increasingly prioritising domestic energy resources as they seek to reduce their reliance on imported fuels in response to what the International Energy Agency (IEA)  is describing as the world’s largest-ever energy security crisis, precipitated by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Presenting the IEA’s eleventh World Energy Investment report, executive director Fatih Birol said that besides moves to domesticate energy supply amid a growing trust deficit, governments were also reshaping their investment strategies around diversification, electrification and energy efficiency.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <title>Opinion: The electricity conversation nobody is having – tariffs are the market</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[In this article, Energy Council of South Africa project delivery senior manager Vasanie Pather writes that, as South Africa's electricity sector moves toward a competitive market, tariffs must ensure full and sustainable cost recovery for system operation and network infrastructure.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Eskom has started construction of a 75 MW solar PV project alongside its Lethabo coal-fired power station in the Free State, which is expected to generate some 147 GWh yearly once at full production. The State-owned company said in a statement that the R1.2-billion project formed part of a “construction‑ready pipeline” of at least 2 GW of renewable energy and pumped storage projects to be progressed during 2026.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <title>Sanlam Alternative Investments takes 10% stake in Africa GreenCo for $10m</title>
            <link>https://newsletter-en.creamermedia.com/article/sanlam-alternative-investments-takes-10-stake-in-africa-greenco-for-10m-2026-05-25</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Sanlam Alternative Investments, the alternative investments business within Sanlam, has become the first private institutional shareholder in renewable energy trader and buyer Africa GreenCo (GreenCo) through the investment of $10-million for a 10% shareholding. GreenCo states that, with more than 2 TWh of electricity traded to date, it holds the highest purchase-side market share across the Southern African Power Pool’s competitive markets. It adds that the investment by Sanlam Alternative Investments will help GreenCo further scale its trading operations.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 11:36:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses the growing challenge of municipalities' failure to settle arrear debt owed to power utility Eskom, as well as the possible remedies to this growing problem.  ]]></description>
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            <title>Grid, renewable-energy expansions should proceed in parallel</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[In South Africa, plans for strengthening the country's electricity transmission grid and further increasing renewable energy generating capacity are not yet in alignment, JUWI Renewable Energy deputy head of project development South Africa Beth O'Connor points out. She was addressing a session at the Enlit Africa 2026 Conference, at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, on Thursday. (JUWI is a utility-scale provider in the renewables energy sector, undertaking project development, engineering and construction, and operations and maintenance, for projects with a capacity of 30 MW and upwards.) She noted that the variability of renewable energy had impacts on the grid. Currently, the country's grid was constrained in the Eastern, Western and Northern Cape, Free State and North West provinces, and partly constrained in Limpopo. These provinces included most of the country's renewable-energy potential. ]]></description>
            <author>Rebecca Campbell</author>
            <category>ELECTRICITY</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 16:59:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Municipalities can no longer treat their water systems as cash cows</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[In South Africa, the water utilities and systems are treated as stepchildren, by the various levels of government, affirmed Association of Water and Sanitation Institutions of South Africa (Awsisa) chairperson and Rand Water chairperson Ramateu Monyokolo, on Wednesday. He was delivering a keynote address on the second day of the Enlit Africa 2026 Conference, being held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. Municipalities used water and electricity as cash cows, he highlighted, adding that they did not reinvest in their water (and electricity) systems. They paid everyone on time, except for Eskom and the water boards. Municipalities currently owed water boards a total of R27-billion. One municipality alone owed R9-billion. ]]></description>
            <author>Rebecca Campbell</author>
            <category>WATER</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 16:59:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>WEG, Energy Venture Capital partner to finance hybrid energy projects in South Africa</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Electric technologies and energy solutions provider WEG has partnered with strategic energy investment company Energy Venture Capital (EVC) to provide funding of between R5-million and R500-million to hybrid energy projects in South Africa. The companies have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly evaluate hybrid energy projects on a case-by-case basis and offer funding opportunities consistent with the energy market.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 16:16:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Water and electricity systems are coming together, Enlit audience hears</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Water and electricity systems are no longer separate and isolated, but are now intertwined in South Africa and across Africa. So highlighted Siemens South Africa CEO Sabine Dall'Omo, in her keynote address on the second day of the Enlit Africa 2026 conference, at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. Water needed electricity, she pointed out, for pumping and treating. Water and electricity were both essential to maintain and grow the country's industrial base. The two sectors were rapidly merging.]]></description>
            <author>Rebecca Campbell</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa's biggest city and economic hub Johannesburg could have its power supply throttled by state-owned electricity company Eskom over unpaid debts, Eskom said on Tuesday. Engineering News reported on Monday that the utility had, in an advertisement published on Sunday, confirmed that the city and/or City Power owed it more than R5.25-billion and that it had decided to initiate a process that could result in the interruption of power supply “to stop spiralling debt”.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Proper asset management by Eskom has achieved an electricity availability factor of 65.16% this year-to-date, highlighted Eskom Rotek Industries (ERI) engineering manager Reinaldo da Veiga. He was addressing a session at the Enlit Africa 2026 Conference and Exhibition, at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. "The main objective of our organisation (Eskom) is to supply electricity to South Africa," he pointed out. Proper asset management had also resulted in a 62.46% reduction in Eskom's year-on-year spending on diesel fuel, for generators. The utility, as of last Saturday (May 16), had also achieved 365 days without loadshedding.]]></description>
            <author>Rebecca Campbell</author>
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            <title>Amplified calls for Cabinet-endorsed electricity reform roadmap</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Independent power producer and licensed trader NOA has amplified a recent call for the publication of a Cabinet-endorsed electricity reform roadmap to ensure that the shift to the competitive market structure envisaged in legislation and policy is implemented. NOA head of trading Andrew Taylor argued this week that the Electricity Regulation Amendment Act and the impending launch of the South African Electricity Wholesale Market (SAWEM) offered a credible path to a competitive, green and affordable electricity system, but currently lacked an authoritative, coherent and sequenced implementation plan.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 15:35:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Ramokgopa promises ‘sequenced’ roadmap for wholesale electricity market roll-out</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa reports that his department will publish a “sequenced” implementation roadmap for the South African Wholesale Electricity Market (SAWEM) so as to address prevailing uncertainty over the transition to a competitive market structure. In his Budget Vote address on Tuesday, the Minister said the SAWEM would introduce clearer price signals, improve dispatch efficiency, allocate balancing responsibilities, improve transparency and reduce long-term reliance on the single buyer model.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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