Eskom's top competitors include FirstEnergy, Direct Energy, Entergy and Hydro Quebec. Eskom is a company that supplies the electricity. FirstEnergy is a company that generates, transmits, and distributes electricity.

Is Eskom the only electricity in South Africa?

Subscribers. Eskom - the only electricity utility in the country - has 16,789,974 subscribers in South Africa, comprising about one-third of the population.

Does South Africa need a competitive energy market?

Instead of expecting Eskom to continue to generate 95% of the country's power, South Africa needs a competitive energy market. The market must be opened up so that independent power producers can compete with each other for customers' money. ... Take energy generation, for example.