Eskom to Burn More Coal as South Africa State Power Program Lags

  • Diesel use to be increased amid delay of independent power
  • Eskom forecasts contained in application to increase tariffs

The Eskom Kusile coal-fired power station in Mpumalanga, South Africa.

Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg
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South African power utility Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. will burn more coal than it planned over the next year amid delays to a government program to procure electricity from private producers.