On the Real Exchange Rate Effects of Higher Electricity Prices in South Africa

TABLES AND FIGURES

Table 1: Retail electricity prices: International comparisons, 2004

Upper-income countries Developing countries

Source: International Environmental Agency (2004).

Table 2: Overview of electricity prices & sales in South Africa, 1992-2004

	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
					Electricity consumption in GWh
Manufacturing	42,122	43,681	43,014	47,481	55,073	61,070	72,663	70,796	70,665	74,778	83,581	78,796	101,556
Mining	33,962	32,026	32,668	33,176	34,831	30,390	29,204	28,877	29,038	31,691	32,204	30,793	32,828
Transport	4,629	4,017	4,389	4,297	4,274	4,563	4,639	4,429	5,411	5,562	6,246	5,565	6,302
Agriculture	4,038	3,108	4,880	5,301	5,103	5,640	5,627	5,755	3,954	4,175	4,644	5,142	6,158
Commerce	17,484	13,586	14,058	17,307	19,768	22,170	13,974	17,709	17,164	18,301	18,227	21,071	24,990
Residential	24,253	21,542	22,115	24,369	29,552	30,722	30,163	29,511	28,680	34,623	30,418	34,074	36,231
Total	126,488	117,960	121,124	131,931	148,601	154,555	156,270	157,077	154,912	169,130	175,320	175,441	208,065
Eskom revenue in c.kWh
Manufacturing	8.17	8.35	8.91	10.4	10.1	10.78	11.02	10.56	11.94	11.56	12.88	14.16	13.97
Mining	8.79	9.52	10.11	10.62	11.02	11.66	12.22	12.61	12.91	13.35	14.14	15.07	15.36
Transport	12.44	13.7	14.31	14.65	15.31	15.04	14.9	15.19	15.35	15.69	17.15	18.98	19.37
Agriculture	17.14	19.84	21.13	21.99	23.39	24.66	26.42	26.58	28.88	26.85	26.47	29.14	30.83
Commerce	15.57	16.46	17.43	18.65	19.49	20.23	18.85	22.27	22.64	17.95	19.51	20.62	21.88
Residential	15.27	12.68	16.76	18.15	19.45	21.33	22.74	25.36	27.7	30.9	33.43	36.58	38.7
Average	9.16	10.14	10.26	11.15	11.3	11.95	12.29	12.44	13.23	13.76	14.98	16.05	16.04

Sources: DME (2006); DME (2005).