The National Transmission Company South Africa (NTCSA) says it expects to finalise all outstanding curtailment claims by independent power producers (IPPs) by the end of August.
It also announced that the current claims backlog stood at R1.5-billion; a figure that is 25% lower than the R2-billion reported on June 14, inclusive of new claims received since that date.
“We are on track to completely address the current volume of outstanding claims and this will become a thing of the past by the end of August 2026, as the NTCSA is executing plans to improve the overall efficiency of claim settlements as part of our ongoing support and implementation of market reforms,” CEO Monde Bala said in a statement.
Last week, Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) highlighted the backlog in curtailment compensation payments as an area of concern, noting that some producers were facing revenue shortfalls of about 9%.
The backlog was also listed in the latest BLSA Reform Tracker as one of the issues slowing the momentum of electricity reforms more generally. This, alongside unbundling delays at Eskom, the slow pace of grid expansion, delays in finalising trading rules, restrictions on virtual wheeling, and the delayed launch of the wholesale market.
