In failing to award Eskom a higher tariff the country’s energy regulator has put the entire SA economy at risk, the embattled power utility argued in a legal face-off with the electricity price watchdog in the Pretoria high court on Wednesday.

Judgment was reserved, but if Eskom’s court bid succeeds, customers will pay significantly more for electricity...

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