Looking ahead

Eskom intends to be one of the top-five utilities in the world. To achieve this, Eskom must be a well-governed and ethical company.

To support this aspiration, the Regulation and Governance unit will focus on:
  • Clarifying Eskom’s role in the future capacity needed for South Africa
  • Implementing mechanisms to ensure the protection of the poor
  • Facilitating the entrance of independent power producers
  • Implementing an effective demand management framework (including the energy conservation scheme and demand-side management interventions)
  • Securing coal, water and other resources for power generation
  • Implementing the Companies Act, the Consumer Protection Act and the compliance framework
  • Ensuring an effective compliance and regulatory framework.

From the next financial year, the internal audit function – assurance and forensics – will also be a part of the Regulation and Governance unit, which will be structured as a division, namely the Regulation and Legal division.

Eskom will continue to play an active role in contributing to the advancement of the regulatory environment to ensure that:
  • Current, potential and future consumers are protected
  • Eskom is sustainable
  • National policy objectives are realised.