Eskom in battle with City Power over R1-billion debt

Eskom revenue manager Susan Smith said City Power has been rolling its electricity debt since October 2023 — and continues to do so.

Eskom is taking Johannesburg power utility City Power to court over its debt for electricity supply. The affidavits it supplied with its court filing show that City Power owes nearly R1 billion for four invoices from late March 2024.

City Power also still owes Eskom R336 million for an invoice from 29 March, R19.6 million for an invoice dated 30 March, and R57 million for an invoice from 31 March.To clarify, there are more amounts owed to Eskom than just those listed in the four March invoices. Eskom says City Power owes it R1.073 billion.

“Eskom is not a bank and does not have the financial means to bankroll the CoJ electricity debt of more than R1 billion,” she added.in a statement published on Monday, 6 May 2024.

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