Leliphephandaba selingakuqinisekisa ukuthi ukunyuka kwentengo kagesi kwa-Eskom ngo-12% onyakeni wezimali ka-2024/25 kuyaqala namuhla ngo-April 1.
Inkampani ephakela amandla kagesi kuzwelonke ithe ngoLwesine ikhulume neNational Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) ngo-Okthoba nyakenye ukuze iphasise isicelo sayo sentela yokudayisa kanye nokulungiswa kwesakhiwo kanye nohlelo lamanani entengo aqala ngo-April 1 2024 kuya ku-March 31 2025.
Ithe ngoDisemba 14 2023, i-Nersa yanquma ukukhushulwa kwentela ka-2024/25, esebenza emalini yamakhasimende aqondile yakwa-Eskom kusukela ngo-April 1 2024 kanye nentela ka-Eskom yomaspala kusukela ngoJulayi 1 2024, kanje:
Izinkokhelo zentela zomaspala – Julayi 1 2024 kuya kuJuni 30 2025: 12.72%;
Amakhasimende aqondile akwa-Eskom — Ephreli 1 2024 kuya kuMashi 31 2025:
Zonke izinhlawulo zentela ngaphandle kwenkokhiso yesibonelelo sikahulumeni: 12.74%; futhi
Inkokhelo yoxhaso lokufinyeleleka: 25.24%.
Ngokusho kwabakwa-Eskom i-avareji yokwenyuswa kwentela yezimboni nezindawo zasemadolobheni izoba ngu-13.29%, ngenxa yokwenyuka kwezindleko zomxhaso wokukwazi ukuzikhokhela.
“Izindleko zomxhaso wokukwazi ukuzikhokhela zikhushulwa njengoxhaso lwentela ye-Homelight 20A, futhi inqunywa yi-Nersa. Le nkokhelo ikhona ngenxa yokwenyuswa kwentengo ye-Homelight 20A ephansi ngokomlando futhi ikhokhwa [nge-] amanani okungewona awomasipala amakhulu ezimboni nasemadolobheni,” kusho yena.
“Azikho izinguquko ekuhlelweni kwentela ka-2024/25. Kodwa-ke, u-Eskom ucubungula ukwethulwa kabusha kwe-tariff kwaNersa ukuze kuqaliswe ukusebenza ngo-2025/26.”