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The Centre for Environmental Rights (CER), acting as part of the Life After Coal campaign and other environmental justice networks, submitted written objections on July 30, 2020, against Eskom's application for a once-off suspension of compliance with New Plant Minimum Emission Standards (MES) and a variation request for the Grootvlei Power Station. The CER argues that the application is procedurally invalid, lacks a detailed decommissioning schedule, and unlawfully seeks to extend polluting activities beyond the station's end-of-life, thereby violating constitutional rights to a healthy environment.

The Centre for Environmental Rights (CER), acting on behalf of several environmental organizations, issued a formal request to Eskom on 25 April 2016 for emission reduction plans, compliance roadmaps, and decommissioning schedules for all 15 of its coal-fired power stations. The CER asserts that existing compliance roadmaps provided by the National Air Quality Officer (NAQO) are insufficient to ensure Eskom meets the emission standards set in its atmospheric emission licences (AELs) and the minimum emission standards (MES).

This document is an internal appeal submitted by groundWork, represented by the Centre for Environmental Rights (CER), against the deemed refusal by Eskom Holdings SOC Limited to provide records regarding its compliance with emission standards and the decommissioning of its coal-fired power stations.

This document is a Task Order (No. 598) issued by Eskom for engineering and project management services to conduct a pre-feasibility study on a 'fleet renewal strategy' for four specific coal-fired power stations. The study aims to evaluate alternatives to the current decommissioning strategy, which is based on a 60-year technical life for coal stations.

A letter from Eskom to the Centre for Environmental Rights clarifying the distinction between the shutdown and decommissioning of its coal-fired power stations, noting that while shutdown dates are based on a 50-year plant life, firm decommissioning dates and detailed plans do not yet exist.

This document is a response from Eskom to the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) regarding a request for additional information on the postponement application for the Camden Power Station to comply with Minimum Emission Standards (MES). Eskom states that the station will not comply with 'new plant' standards for particulate matter (PM), sulfur dioxide (SO2), or nitrogen oxides (NOx) before its expected decommissioning between 2020 and 2023.

This briefing, dated 17 July 2014, is a response from Eskom to the South African Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) regarding a postponement application for the Hendrina Power Station to comply with Minimum Emission Standards (MES). Eskom outlines current stack emission limits, its lack of plans to upgrade the station for certain pollutants, and provides ambient air quality monitoring data showing non-compliance for particulate matter.

This document is a formal response from Eskom to a request for information submitted by the Centre for Environmental Rights (CER) under the Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA). The request, identified as PAIA QUERY 10637, concerns generation atmospheric emissions license compliance and decommissioning. Eskom agrees to provide access to several identified records but denies access to others or severs specific parts of records based on the Promotion of Information Act (Act 2 of 2000).

This document is a formal response from Eskom to an appeal filed by the Centre for Environmental Rights (CER) regarding the Atmospheric Emission Licence (AEL) of the Komati Power Station. Eskom argues that the requested variations to the AEL would make the station's operation untenable from 2020 onwards and maintains that its application for a postponement of Minimum Emission Standards (MES) was lawful and technically justified.

This document is a variation of an Atmospheric Emission Licence (AEL) issued on 31 March 2015 by the Nkangala District Municipality to Eskom Holdings SOC Limited for the Komati Power Station. The licence, valid until 31 March 2019, regulates emissions from listed activities including solid fuel combustion, petroleum storage, and coal handling, while setting specific emission limits and monitoring requirements for particulate matter (PM), sulphur dioxide (SO2), and nitrogen oxides (NOx).

This document is a variation of the Atmospheric Emission Licence (AEL) for Eskom Holdings SOC Limited's Kriel Power Station, issued by the Nkangala District Municipality on 31 March 2015. The variation follows a postponement decision and establishes updated emission limits, monitoring requirements, and general conditions for the station's operation until 31 March 2019.