The Green Connection

The Smart Electricity Planning report is a contribution of civil society to the critical discussion about energy choices in South Africa. Launched on 8th May 2013, the smart report is available. Contact info@thegreenconnection.org.za for a copy. SMART critiqued the government’s electricity plan (IRP2010), providing a SMART solution that increased energy efficiency, adding more solar and wind [...]

OXFAM INVITES YOU TO THE NEXT PUBLIC DIALOGUE  IN THE MIND THE GAP SERIES ON A NEW DISCUSSION PAPER YOU CAN’T EAT ELECTRICITY: HUNGER, INEQUALITY AND LOW CARBON DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA DATE: 28 MAY 2013, 5.30PM VENUE: THE HUMAN RIGHTS CONFERENCE ROOM, OLD FORT CONFERENCE CENTRE, CONSTITUTION HILL, 11 KOTZE STREET, JOHANNESBURG , 2000 [...]

The poor and working class will bear the brunt of Eskom’s proposed new electricity tariff structure. Consumer cost escalations of more than a 100% in the next few years is a main feature of Eskom’s latest application to NERSA (NATIONAL ELECTRICITY REGULATOR OF SA).  NERSA’s provincial hearings to consider the application kick of in Cape Town [...]

South African citizens can have their say on whether they want the electricity price to keep increasing each year. Eskom has proposed to increase the electricity price by 16% each year for the next 5 years, after we have just seen a doubling of the electricity price over the last 3 years. Eskom’s proposal reached [...]

Concerned about rising electricity prices – want to have your say…… Send your submission to NERSA by Tuesday 20th November 2012. Public hearings will be held next year in January, so make your voice heard, write to NERSA and ask to be put on the list to speak at the public hearings. To find out [...]

Can the citizens of South Africa withstand such massive electricity price increases?  Eskom has just released its tariff increase proposals that propose that electricity could rise 16% a year for the next 5 years. Rising electricity prices have a ripple effect, causing a general rise in the price of goods – however, it is unlikely [...]