Reeling from South Africa's worst-ever electricity crisis, local authorities across the country are turning to private suppliers to help businesses and households keep the lights on
Debt-laden Eskom said earlier this month that it was only able to supply 56.6% of the power needed nationally in the 2022/23 financial year.
It issued a 200-MW solar energy tender last year and expects to follow that up with another for up to 300 MW of battery storage in the next few weeks. Johannesburg's bulk energy supplier, City Power, in November requested proposals from private companies for an up to 36-month purchasing agreement and hopes to add 500 MW to the city's grid, then mayor Mpho Phalatse announced in January.
Hill-Lewis said Cape Town also plans to change its energy policy to allow households and businesses that produce solar power to sell the excess to the city.It is mostly big businesses and wealthy residents who can afford to install solar panels, which can retail between 60,000 rand and 250,000 rand. In Cape Town, for those wanting to sell excess power to the city, a 12,000 rand feed-in meter is required.
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