Eskom grilled over 6.2m smart meter plan with no budget

Eskom grilled over 6.2m smart meter plan with no budget

The smart meters enable two-way visibility into electricity consumption. Eskom doesn’t know how much its 6.2 million smart meter rollout will cost, doesn’t have all the meters in stock, and hasn’t finalised procurement – yet insists it will meet its March 2026 target of 577 000 installations. During a presentation to the portfolio committee on…

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‘Mega bid window’ planned to fast-track R2.2-trillion energy plan

‘Mega bid window’ planned to fast-track R2.2-trillion energy plan

Government is considering a “mega bid window” that accelerates energy deployment and fast-tracks industrialisation, localisation and job creation across the energy infrastructure value chain. This comes after the announcement of its R2.2-trillion energy plan, which aims to boost renewable generation, with the private sector expected to fund about two-thirds of the investment. Energy minister Kgosientsho…

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