Dylan Bettencourt
U-Eskom ucele i-National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) ukuthi uyivumele inyuse amanani kagesi ngo-32.66%, ngokusho kwe-Rapport.
Umbiko uthi inkampani kagesi ibe nomhlangano wangasese noNgqongqoshe ngoLwesibili ngesonto eledlule mayelana nenkinga kagesi ezweni.
Kuthiwa oNgqongqoshe abane bekhabhinethi emhlanganweni bathe kuzothatha cishe izinyanga ezintathu ukuthi u-Eskom ukumise ngokuphelele ukucishwa kukagesi.
Kodwa-ke, umphathi wakwa-Eskom u-Andre de Ruyter kubikwa ukuthi utshele uMengameli wakuleli uCyril Ramaphosa ukuthi kuzomiswa ukucishwa kukagesi ekupheleni kwaleli sonto.
Ngasekuqaleni kwalo nyaka u-Eskom uzame ukunyusa intengo kagesi, wacela i-Nersa ukuthi ugesi unyuswe ngo-20.5% kanti lokho kuye kwanqatshwa ngokushesha.
Esikhundleni salokho umlawuli wezamandla uye wavuma ukuthi intengo inyuswe ngo-9.61%.
Ngesikhathi sokunyuswa kwentengo kagesi, u-Eskom uthe ukunyuka kwamanani kubaluleke kakhulu ekukhokheleni izikweletu zawo, intela yekhabhoni kanye nenani eliphezulu lokuthengwa kukagesi kubakhiqizi abazimele.
Isikhulu esiphezulu sezezimali sakwa-Eskom uCalib Cassim uthe ngaleso sikhathi ukunyuka ngo-20.5% bekungeke kwanele.
Uthe le nkampani isazodinga ukutakulwa uhulumeni ngo-R21 billion eminyakeni emibili ezayo ukuze kukhokhelwe isikweletu sayo.
Kuthiwa u-Eskom uphinde wacela i-Nersa ukuthi inyuse imali engenayo isuke ku-R264.8 billion iye ku-R350.1 billion, ngokusho kwe-City Press.
Inkampani ephehla ugesi isacubungula ukuyisa i-Nersa enkantolo ngenxa yokwenqatshwa kokwenyuka kwentengo ngo-20.5% okuhlongozwayo.
Isiteleka sakamuva sabasebenzi bakwa-Eskom siphoqe inkampani ukuthi iqale isigaba sesithupha sokucishwa kukagesi, okungokwesibili kwenzeka ezweni.
Ngemuva kwesiteleka sabasebenzi esidonse amasonto amabili, u-Eskom uvumile ukunyusa imiholo ngo-7% kanye no-R400 wesibonelelo sezindlu zabasebenzi.
Inkampani kagesi ithe isivumelwano sizobiza imali engaphezu kwesigidigidi samarandi phakathi komhla zizinye kuNtulikazi kulo nyaka kuya kumhlaka-30 kuNhlangulana ngo-2023.
“Lokhu kuzoba umshikashika ukuthi u-Eskom ukwazi ukukukhokhela,” kuxwayisa le nkampani.
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