[miningmx.com] – ESKOM is to ask the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) for double the agreed tariff increase in order to pay down the cost of using diesel in its open cycle gas turbines, said BDLive.
The outcome will be a request for a 25.3% tariff which compares to the 12.69% tariff increase agreed for 2015/16 which was an increase from 8% price determination Nersa set down in 2013.
Eskom also needs the additional revenue to pay independent power producers, whose contracts with it expire at the end of this month, said BDLive.
The government’s “war room” — a team made up of several Cabinet ministers and top officials — is behind the rush decision to apply for a “tariff reopener”, said BDLive. This is despite saying last month that a reopener was not in the frame.
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