Description

This report provides an overview of the entire South African electricity industry in 2009. The research focuses on the evolution of the industry in order to provide context to the current crisis facing power production in South Africa. The report covers the policies, regulation, tariffs, build programmes and structures of the industry as well as forecasting various trends such as generation growth, reserve margins, demand and mitigation strategies by Eskom. Quantitative information was collected regarding the overall industry as well as build programmes and contracts awarded. Finally the report forecasts tariff evolution to 2015 as well as the implications of Eskom's multi year price determination 2 application of September 2009.