The ABC submitted the following position to the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) on ESKOM’s MYPD2 tariff application of a 45% increase per year for the next three years, on 27 November 2009. The ABC has participated in the public debate on the ESKOM and energy debacle, and the impact this could have on the country. Government is slowly but surely gaining an understanding that before the fundamental structural and governance issues are not addressed within ESKOM, the country’s electricity crisis will escalate over the next couple of years. The ABC again advises its members to seriously consider developing an energy/electricity strategy to overcome possible supply constraints in the foreseeable future.