NTCSA

https://www.ntcsa.co.za/

Last activity: 15.10.2026

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Oct 7, 2026	The giant batteries coming to South Africa’s grid	Energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa Energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has announced a determination for 9.6GW of new capacity, made up entirely of battery storage and gas-fired power, with no new wind or solar, to tackle a daytime ele...
Oct 6, 2026	Nersa wants five-year ban on automated electricity trading	Energy regulator Nersa wants to keep fully automated trading off South Africa’s new wholesale electricity market for its first five years. The proposal is contained in an 87-page draft framework for the platform on which participants will t...
Oct 2, 2026	Eskom has a R1.20/kWh offer for bitcoin miners	Eskom’s plan to sell surplus electricity to cryptocurrency miners at a discount has drawn support from the crypto sector, but whether it works will depend on the size of the discount, who else qualifies and how miners are made to switch off...
Aug 3, 2026	The debate about the grid is over	On Friday, President Cyril Ramaphosa endorsed the first report of the Eskom Restructuring Task Team, and with it provided the clearest vision yet for the independent transmission system operator (ITSO). I welcome that endorsement unreserved...
Jul 31, 2026	Ramaphosa signs off on taking the grid away from Eskom	President Cyril Ramaphosa has endorsed a report by the Eskom restructuring task team setting out how to establish a fully independent, state-owned transmission system operator (TSO) that will own and control South Africa’s transmission asse...
Jun 1, 2026	Moody’s flags risk in Eskom grid split	Rating agency Moody’s has cautioned that the planned separation of South Africa’s national electricity grid from Eskom could weaken the utility’s creditworthiness, even as it affirmed Eskom’s credit ratings on the back of a year without loa...
May 29, 2026	SA telecoms industry veteran appointed to top Eskom job	Junaid Munshi Eskom has appointed telecommunications executive Junaid Munshi as group executive of its distribution division, effective 1 June 2026. Munshi has 30 years of engineering, marketing and commercial leadership experience across S...
Mar 26, 2026	Setback for South Africa’s electricity market reform	The launch of South Africa’s wholesale electricity market has been pushed back from 1 April to the third quarter of 2026, the National Transmission Company South Africa (NTCSA) said on Thursday. The NTCSA said “additional work” is required ...
Jan 22, 2026	Batteries to move to the centre of South Africa’s energy transition	South Africa’s renewable energy sector is entering a new phase in 2026. According to industry players, one of the emerging trends is how wind and solar are combined and stored. Falling battery costs, escalating electricity tariffs and mount...
Jan 21, 2026	How liberalisation is rewiring South Africa’s power sector	South Africa’s renewable energy policy landscape in 2026 will be shaped by market liberalisation and the roll-out of frameworks introduced last year to stimulate energy investment and economic growth. One of gamechangers is the South Africa...
Jan 21, 2026	No risk of load shedding after Koeberg output scaled back	The Koeberg nuclear power station north of Cape Town. Image: Eskom Eskom has said operations at the Koeberg nuclear power station were scaled back on Tuesday afternoon following a fault on a transmission line near Stellenbosch, but stressed...
Nov 28, 2025	Big step forward in opening South Africa’s electricity market	The National Transmission Company South Africa (NTCSA) has received approval from energy regulator Nersa for its market operator licence. The licence allows the NTCSA to operate and administer a new electricity market platform in accordance...
Oct 31, 2024	South Africa's Energy Renaissance: A New Dawn for Eskom and the Economy	South Africa stands at a crossroads. For years, the nation has battled crippling power outages, a situation that turned daily life into a game of chance. Businesses shuttered, homes grew dark, and the economy stumbled. But now, a flicker of...
Oct 30, 2024	South Africa: Government to Launch Next Phase of Operation Vulindlela	Government is expected to launch the next phase of Operation Vulindlela, which is aimed at accelerating the implementation of structural reforms. This is according to the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) released by National Trea...
Oct 3, 2024	South Africa urgently needs more grid transmission lines	South Africa is running out of power lines to transmit electricity from new projects and also needs an updated plan to keep running the auctions that are responsible for getting more supply from new large-scale clean-energy facilities, the ...
Aug 21, 2024	These companies will help build South Africa’s expanded power grid	National Transmission Company South Africa (NTCSA), the national grid operator that is being corporatised and separated from Eskom, has appointed a range of local contractors that will help “accelerate infrastructure roll-out”. In a stateme...
Aug 15, 2024	Wheeling: the energy solution that’s been a long time coming	Reforms in South Africa’s energy sector, while proceeding glacially, are setting the scene for clean, private power generation. Finally, too, this is opening the door for a game-changing energy option that’s been around for a while but is o...

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Parsers VC has collected 18 articles mentioning NTCSA, among them “The giant batteries coming to South Africa’s grid” (Oct 7, 2026) and “Nersa wants five-year ban on automated electricity trading” (Oct 6, 2026).

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NTCSA is probably closed: its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Oct 15, 2026.