Real Economy
Time to make IRP updating routine
By: Terence Creamer 6th December 2024 After the false start of January when the draft Integrated Resource Plan 2023 (IRP2023) was released to much criticism and even incredulity, an... →
From crisis to . . .
By: Terence Creamer 29th November 2024 It was fascinating to listen to Eskom chairperson Mteto Nyati outline, in a recent exchange with the Centre for Development and Enterprises’ Ann... →
Far-reaching consequences
By: Terence Creamer 22nd November 2024 By the time you read this, the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) will be about halfway through its nationwide public hearings into... →
Trading in focus
By: Terence Creamer 15th November 2024 Few would disagree that aggregators and traders will have an important and increasing role in South Africa’s future electricity market. Even in the... →
Private embrace
By: Terence Creamer 8th November 2024 Building much-needed public infrastructure and scaling up private sector participation in the delivery of such infrastructure emerged as the key... →
Ongoing adaptation
By: Terence Creamer 1st November 2024 It is positive that the current framework used by government to procure new generation capacity from independent power producers (IPPs) is under... →
Age of Electricity
By: Terence Creamer 25th October 2024 The recent claim made by the International Energy Agency (IEA) that humanity is “moving at speed into the Age of Electricity” may not seem... →
Whole greater than sum of parts
By: Terence Creamer 18th October 2024 The official launch of the National Transmission Company South Africa as an independent subsidiary of Eskom Holdings did indeed represent an... →
Growth glue
By: Terence Creamer 11th October 2024 The so-called second phase of the partnership launched between government and business to tackle South Africa’s electricity, logistics and crime... →
Mix(ed) messages 
By: Terence Creamer 4th October 2024 It’s time for South Africa to interrogate its policy of pursuing a so-called ‘energy mix’, which may sound reasonable, but which has become little... →
