Why you will probably have to pay 38% more for Eskom power next year.

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Civil action group, Outa says that Eskom’s application to energy regulator Nersa for a 32% price hike in 2023 will end up being closer to 38% once backlogs and court-ordered increases are taken into account.
This hike, it said, would be a slap in the face of consumers and businesses who continue to suffer under load shedding, which hit stage 6 for the second time this year over the weekend, with warnings of ‘unprecedented outages’ still to come.
20 Sep 2022 10AM English South Africa Business News · Investing

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