The lead article entitled ‘Eskom Unplugged’ in the latest edition of Noseweek is well worth a read for those who are interested in some of the horrors that have been and are taking place behind the Eskom smokescreen.

Eskom has suddenly announced that load-shedding is to be cancelled. Is this actually good news? Or another move in Eskom’s completely disorganised game? We fear the latter.

Eskom has applied for a massive 67% electricity price increase to replace the pathetic 14.2% increase approved by Nersa in December. For once Nersa offered an intelligent response and said it would give urgent consideration to the request.

Eskom, struggling to fix a severe power crisis, faces another headache in trucking urgently needed coal to power stations on crumbling and heavily used roads, according to Fin24.

At the beginning of the electricity crisis Eskom future capital expenditure on electricity generation was estimated at about R500 billion - nearly ten times the size of the infamous arms deal.

When the new electricity tax levy - announced by Trevor Manuel in his recent budget - is introduced, businesses will be hit harder than householders - but only because households pay about twice as much as big business.

We want to encourage you to use CFLs - Compact Flourescent Light bulbs - also known as Compact Fluorescent Tubes - CFTs - but we also want you to be aware of the problems associated therewith and to take precautions to deal with thee problems.

What should I do if a Compact Fluorescent Light Bulb (CFL) breaks? This should be becoming an increasingly important question as we are encouraged to buy such bulbs and Eskom hands out free ones. Firstly, be VERY careful.

According to reports Eskom may seek a further electricity price increase this year - in addition to the 14.2% increase already agreed by Nersa that comes into effect in April.

The mandate of the Electricity Regulation is Economic Regulation of the electricity industry and is derived from the Electricity Regulation Act……