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Nersa ruling impact: Electricity price decreases not imminent - expert

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Nersa will continue to determine Eskom tariffs for at least the next two years, according to the existing methodology, namely, the cost of supply plus a reasonable margin. Photo: Luvuyo Mehlwana
Nersa will continue to determine Eskom tariffs for at least the next two years, according to the existing methodology, namely, the cost of supply plus a reasonable margin. Photo: Luvuyo Mehlwana

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South African households should not be jumping for joy just yet at the prospect of a decrease in electricity prices, as this is an unlikely outcome regardless of the Pretoria High Court's ruling against the National Energy Regulator of SA (Nersa) last month.

Will tariffs be reduced? That has been the question on the minds of many South Africans, and according to Hendrik Barnard, the managing director at Elexpert - an energy consulting company:

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