EDITORIAL: With the lights off, who cares about Eskom’s hearings?
The public has no faith in processes that are designed to keep them out of the loop
22 September 2022 - 05:00
The public hearings held this week by the National Energy Regulator of SA (Nersa) on Eskom’s allowed revenue application for the next two years made up for their lack of vigorous public participation by delivering boatloads of irony.
In an almost satirical display (almost because it is more sad than funny) the hearings proceeded in stop-go fashion. As Eskom was justifying its request for a 32% tariff increase next year, stage 5 load-shedding disrupted access to the virtual hearings...
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