5. Financial position of the project It was stated that the cost of the project rose by R13.76 billion from R91.24 billion to R105 billion since its inception. Eskom informed the Committee that the following were the key drivers of the changes in costs: . An increase in the total basic costs of packages due to extensions of time (EOT) and additional works, e.g. coal stockyard; . An increase in the Owners Development Cost (ODC) due to delayed demobilization of workers as a result of project delays; and . Other increases are attributed to Medupi Leadership Initiative (MLI), escalations, cost of cover and exchange rate adjustments.