Ted Blom

“Based on the above Eskom scenarios,” says Ted Blom, “the likelihood of level 6 loadshedding appears >50%, and in worst case scenarios, even level 8 loadshedding appears very likely to be achieved intermittently."

Electricity supply within the large power users market will be addressed at the African Utility Week and POWERGEN Africa in Cape Town from 12-14 May.

"The whole South African mining and beneficiation sector was built on the back of cheap and abundant electricity availability," says Blom.

Nersa has given the Tshwane municipality seven days to explain why the metro wants to increase fixed charges to customers.

Today the South African power utility Eskom is due to release its 2017/18 financial results. For weeks on end, the financially embattled parastatal has been locked in wage negotiations with three trade unions and finally...

A roadmap for South Africa’s energy future presented at the African Utility Week warned of a rise in “do-it-yourself-electricity” and ultimately the possible collapse of the country’s energy grid. Energy expert Ted Blom presented...

Public comment on Nersa's draft consultation paper on the rules for registration of small-scale embedded generation‚ which will require consumers to register with the regulator before connecting a generator at their home, closes on...

Ted Blom writes in response to an article featured on ESI Africa dated 25 April 2018 penned by Dr Bernhard Scheffler, “Energy Expert” Blom’s crusade against 27 renewable energy contracts”. Scheffler starts the article by...

Written by Dr Bernhard Scheffler I refer to the article on ESI Africa where “Energy Expert” Ted Blom is quoted as saying “ coal power from the old fleet costs less than 40c/kWh, while the average...