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Eskom customers are in for a hefty rise in the price of electricity as the power utility is set to increase its tariff by 15.63% from the beginning of April.

The increase comes after the National Energy Regulator of SA (Nersa) agreed to Eskom’s request for a tariff increase for the 2021/2022 financial year.

Load-shedding until 2022

Last year September, parliament's standing committee on appropriations said it expects power cuts to persist for at least the next year, warning that load-shedding up to stage 3 was likely to remain until 2022 depending on pressure on the system.

The committee said load-shedding will be required from February to March 2021 for the unplanned capability loss factor (UCLF) at 11,000MW.

Based on the same power losses, it is believed that load-shedding will also be required between June and July 2021.