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The ever-growing human population, limited energy resources and the effect of greenhouse gas emissions have become major global concerns for the energy sector. This includes the electricity generation sector. This dilemma has caused electricity providers to revise their generation methods and created a major need for consumers to utilise electricity more efficiently. Demand Side Management (DSM) is...
Electricity cost risks such as carbon tax, ECS and unavoidable tariff increases threaten the financial wellbeing of South African gold mines. Some of these proposed cost risks are however not enforced as yet. However, once approved, they could result in thousands of jobs being lost. The Eskom Integrated Demand Management (IDM) funding program for industrial projects has also been put on hold. With...
South African industries are facing worrying cost implications related to their electricity usage. These include carbon tax, increased reactive power charges, unavoidable tariff increases and the Energy Conservation Scheme (ECS). Some of these proposed schemes and increases are not enforced yet, but pose a threat to the financial well-being of large key customers such as the gold mining industry....
The Department of Mineral and Energy (DME) together with Eskom initiated the National Electricity Response Team (NERT) that resulted in the establishment of the Power Conservation Program (PCP). This program consists of two subdivisions namely the Energy Conservation Scheme (ECS) and Electricity Growth Management (EGM). EGM focuses mainly on the framework and how new connections or additional electrical...
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