As load shedding ‘powers’ into action yet again, Cape Town’s Municipality has announced plans to move off Eskom’s grid and away from the devastating economic effects of load shedding.
It is clear that Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis sees no other way out of the financial havoc that is part and parcel of load shedding, his only hope he said, is that ‘other spheres of government will not stand in our way."
According to the Mayor and the Cape Town Municipality, the City will, within the next two weeks, publish documents detailing its upcoming procurement of power from independent power producers.
“The only way for us to provide reliable and affordable electricity to our residents is to source it from elsewhere.” – Mayor Hill-Lewis.
The mayor also expressed concern that despite the millions lost due to load-shedding and the unreliability of its power supply, Eskom is pressing ahead with an application to Nersa to hike the price of electricity by 20,5% from 1 April 2022.
Click on the link below to read the article detailing their plans.
