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Eskom to import 650MW less power from Mozambique

FurtherAfrica by FurtherAfrica
November 16, 2015
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Eskom will import 650 megawatt less power from Mozambique for a week due to planned maintenance on Mozambique’s Cahora Bassa hydroelectric scheme, the power utility said on Monday.

“This routine maintenance will reduce South Africa’s imports from Cahora Bassa by 650 MW for the whole week,” Eskom said in a statement.

Last week, Eskom asked the energy regulator to allow it to recover $1.6 billion in costs from 2013/14 when it ran expensive diesel plants and brought more green power to keep the lights on.

The regulator (Nersa) in June rejected a request from cash-strapped Eskom to raise tariffs and the utility said it would seek alternative ways of funding.

Eskom’s spokesman Khulu Phasiwe said the utility was over budget as it had to buy an extra 1,800 megawatts of green energy and used more diesel to run its expensive plants in 2013/14.

The regulator said it was assessing Eskom’s request and did not say when it would publish its outcome.

FILE: Eskom's Megawatt Park in Johannesburg. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN
FILE: Eskom’s Megawatt Park in Johannesburg. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN

“Should the results of the assessment indicate that Eskom has to reimburse the customers then the price of electricity would have to decrease. Similarly, if the customers have to reimburse Eskom the price would have to increase,” National Energy Regulator spokesman Charles Hlebela said.

Eskom, which provides virtually all of South Africa’s electricity, is scrambling to repair its ageing power plants and grid. Earlier this year, the utility was forced to impose almost daily power cuts that hurt economic growth.

Eskom said last week, however, that it does not expect to implement electricity blackouts until April 2016.

The energy regulator could grant Eskom the full R22.8 billion it wants to recover, or a portion thereof, with customers ultimately bearing the cost.

Independent energy analyst Ted Blom said if the full increase was granted, consumers could expect to pay between 11 and 15 cents extra per kilowatt/hour for electricity.

Source: Reuters/ EWN

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