Salga and Ameu insist on a public hearing before Eskom tariff corrections. This is aimed at enabling municipalities to timeously prepare their budgets and applications to Nersa for their own tariffs for the following financial year. This was after Nersa conceded that it made mistakes, which Eskom valued at R107 billion and Nersa at R76 billion. It ordered Nersa to follow an expedited consultation process, closing by 21 January, to fit it into the timelines for the municipal tariff process. Hill-Lewis added that Nersa will now have to inform municipalities of decisions timeously and publish the reasons immediately.