Energy regulator withdraws tariff decision from meeting agenda

‘Gremlins slipped into calculations’ from Eskom

Three items scheduled to be discussed by the National Energy Regulator of SA (Nersa) yesterday relating to Eskom tariffs were withdrawn from the agenda.

The items were withdrawn to verify the factual correctness of certain information.

Member of Nersa’s electricity subcommittee Nhlanhla Gumede requested at the beginning of the meeting that the three items relating to Eskom’s multiyear price determination revenue application be withdrawn.

“It has unfortunately been identified that gremlins slipped into the calculations and we need to make sure that as a regulator when we make decisions, we make a decision based on correct numbers,” Gumede said.

“We would like to request as the electricity subcommittee, with apologies to the ER [energy regulator] members and the public, that we would like those items to be withdrawn and that they would be brought back for a decision before the end of December,” he said.

Nersa’s head of communications Charles Hlebela said the items would be resubmitted for consideration by the energy regulator before the end of December on a date yet to be decided. –

/ BLOOMBERG Nersa has withdrawn a decision to discuss Eskom's application for tariff increases until a later date.