DA calls on NERSA to reject Eskom’s proposed R27.3 billion tariff increases
3 February 2020
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has today presented arguments against Eskom’s application for tariff hikes at the Cape Town leg of the National Energy Regulator of South Africa’s (NERSA) hearings. Eskom is currently in the process of challenging the electricity tariff increases previously approved by NERSA for 2019 to 2022, and now wants consumers to pay 10-15% more for electricity, followed by tariff increases of 50% over the next few years.
This, despite the fact that South Africans experienced over 418 hours of load-shedding in 2019 alone.
The DA’s main points of objection are:
Consumers simply cannot afford Eskom’s proposed tariff increases;