OUTA goes to court to overturn the electricity State of Disaster OUTA goes to court to overturn the electricity State of Disaster OUTA is bringing an urgent application against the government to overturn the national state of disaster in connection with the electri... ELECTRICITY ESKOM GOVERNANCE STATE CAPTURE STATE OF DISASTER Feb 16, 2023
Another disappointing SONA of empty promises and desperation Another disappointing SONA of empty promises and desperation The President’s State of the Nation Address failed to inspire confidence. He acknowledged many of the problems but did not offer believable... ELECTRICITY ESKOM GOVERNANCE PARLIAMENT SONA STATE CAPTURE Feb 10, 2023
Municipalities should light the way in involving communities in energy solutions Municipalities should light the way in involving communities in energy solutions Loadshedding has negatively affected every single person in South Africa and public frustration and anger are at boilin... ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY PRICES ESKOM LOCAL GOVERNMENT MUNICIPALITY Feb 7, 2023
Challenging secrecy: OUTA demands full record of Karpowership decision Graphic: WikiMedia Challenging secrecy: OUTA demands full record of Karpowership decision OUTA has brought an application challenging the National Energy Regulator’s (NERSA) secrecy over the decisions... ACCOUNTABILITY ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY PRICES ESKOM KARPOWERSHIP NERSA Jan 31, 2023
Judgment on National Nuclear Regulator underlines role of board: nuclear regulation, not nuclear advocacy Image: GroundUp/OUTA Judgment on National Nuclear Regulator underlines role of board: regulation, not nuclear advocacy The Western Cape High Court judgment last week which reinstated a civil society a... ACCOUNTABILITY ELECTRICITY ESKOM GOVERNANCE NATIONAL NUCLEAR REGULATOR Jan 23, 2023
It's time for government to generate electricity not confusion Graphic: Shutterstock It’s time for government to generate electricity not confusion For political zealots such as our Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, no crisis should go to waste. There is ... ACCOUNTABILITY ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY PRICES ESKOM KARPOWERSHIP NERSA Jan 20, 2023
Eskom price increase is a challenge for South Africans and Eskom Graphic: OUTA Eskom price increase is a challenge for South Africans and Eskom For South Africans, there is no escape from spiraling electricity prices and increased loadshedding, as customers are exp... ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY PRICES ESKOM NERSA Jan 12, 2023
OUTA calls on NERSA to limit Eskom’s 2023 increase to CPI Graphic: OUTA OUTA calls on NERSA to limit Eskom’s 2023 increase to CPI High coal costs, low energy availability, unexplained costs, an economy strangled by lack of electricity and consumers who strug... ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY PRICES ESKOM NERSA Sep 19, 2022
OUTA files legal challenge to overturn NERSA’s Karpowership licences OUTA files legal challenge to overturn NERSA’s Karpowership licences The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) has filed an application for the review and setting aside of the decisions by the Nationa... ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY PRICES KARPOWERSHIP NERSA Apr 28, 2022
Ministry struggles to balance electricity proposals with public need for clear, supportable solutions Ministry struggles to balance electricity proposals with public need for clear, supportable solutions Electricity regulation and pricing affects all consumers but officials do not make enough effort t... ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY PRICES ESKOM GOVERNANCE Mar 30, 2022
It’s time to scrap the backward-looking electricity price top-up system It’s time to scrap the backward-looking electricity price top-up system OUTA calls again for the scrapping of the Regulatory Clearing Account (RCA) pricing process, which allows Eskom to get the Natio... ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY PRICES ESKOM Mar 8, 2022
The Eskom problem won’t be helped by higher prices The Eskom problem won’t be helped by higher prices OUTA calls for the 10% electricity price increase to be blocked and replaced by urgent attempts to provide solutions for the Eskom crisis. “We don’t ... ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY PRICES ESKOM NERSA Feb 25, 2022