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Chris Yelland

Chris Yelland, energy advisor to OUTA, and managing director at EE Business Intelligence.

Latest Work

SA’s energy future — study finds green industrialisation the least cost path to net zero

POWER DYNAMICS OP-ED

10 November 2025

SA’s energy future — study finds green industrialisation the least cost path to net zero

By Chris Yelland

6 min

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Risks identified in Eskom’s 2026-30 system adequacy outlook require a critical balancing act

POWER DEMAND OP-ED

3 November 2025

Risks identified in Eskom’s 2026-30 system adequacy outlook require a critical balancing act

By Chris Yelland

5 min

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Chris Yelland

29 September 2025

Eskom’s selective war on competition — wake-up call for the sleepy Competition Commission

By Chris Yelland

7 min

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Eskom’s court challenge to electricity trading licences is a dangerous reactionary strike against reform

OUTDATED MONOPOLY OP-ED

29 July 2025

Eskom’s court challenge to electricity trading licences is a dangerous reactionary strike against reform

By Chris Yelland

5 min

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City Power-Eskom dispute ends, but deeper cracks in SA’s electricity distribution sector have been exposed

13 July 2025

City Power-Eskom dispute ends, but deeper cracks in SA’s electricity distribution sector have been exposed

By Chris Yelland

4 min

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The hidden cost of Eskom’s electricity deals with smelters

PREFERENTIAL POWER OP-ED

26 June 2025

The hidden cost of Eskom’s electricity deals with smelters

By Chris Yelland

4 min

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Modern generation planning — understanding the Levelised Cost of Energy

ELECTRICITY TECHNOLOGIES

17 June 2025

Modern generation planning — understanding the Levelised Cost of Energy

By Chris Yelland

5 min

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Johannesburg faces renewed power cuts threat — Eskom debt dispute unresolved

BRINK OF DARKNESS

16 April 2025

Johannesburg faces renewed power cuts threat — Eskom debt dispute unresolved

By Chris Yelland

2 min

2

From recovery to resilience – acting electricity DG Pillay charts a bold vision to 2050

SA’S ENERGY FUTURE OP-ED

From recovery to resilience – acting electricity DG Pillay charts a bold vision to 2050

By Chris Yelland

4 min

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Industry lifeline — Sasol unveils bridging plan to avert South Africa’s looming gas cliff

ENERGY CRUNCH OP-ED

15 April 2025

Industry lifeline — Sasol unveils bridging plan to avert South Africa’s looming gas cliff

By Chris Yelland

4 min

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How Eskom’s 2025/26 electricity tariffs will affect residential customers

PRICE OF POWER OP-ED

24 March 2025

How Eskom’s 2025/26 electricity tariffs will affect residential customers

By Chris Yelland

8 min

2

Understanding the looming ‘gas cliff’ in South Africa, and the solutions

GAS CRISIS OP-ED

24 September 2024

Understanding the looming ‘gas cliff’ in South Africa, and the solutions

By Chris Yelland

7 min

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