electricity

KEY POINTS Municipal debt owed to Eskom could surge to R358 billion by 2031 if urgent measures are not taken to address persistent payment failures, Electricity and Energy Minister Kgosientsho …

KEY POINTS Ikeja Electric Plc has started refunding eligible customers who previously paid for electricity meters under the Meter Asset Provider programme. The electricity distribution company announced the development during …

Solar farms overtook coal in July to become China’s biggest source of installed power capacity, state media said, though solar still trails coal in generation.

UEDCL has commissioned new transformer projects in Wakiso to fix low voltage, overloading and unreliable power supply in fast-growing peri-urban communities.

Johannesburg’s mayor promised residents the lights are staying on but no signed deal with Eskom has been made public and the legal process continues.

Liberia’s electricity regulator and the University of Liberia have signed an agreement to build the country’s first energy auditing curriculum for the sector.

Nigeria’s transmission grid can handle far more electricity than it has ever received, the TCN chief executive told lawmakers in Lagos this week.

KEY POINTS South Africa’s energy regulator, the National Energy Regulator of South Africa, Nersa, has begun two major consultation processes that are expected to reshape how electricity is priced and …

Kenya’s government has pulled the plug on a proposed electricity tariff hike, keeping current rates unchanged for millions of households, businesses and industries.

KEY POINTS The African Development Bank, AfDB, has approved a $5.65 million grant to support Peace Renewable Energy Certificate mini-grid projects across 14 African countries, targeting improved electricity access for …