The South African city of Cape Town is starting a program to buy power from commercial and industrial producers who will be allowed to send power to the grid for cash, Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis said.
The City of Cape Town is starting a programme to buy power from commercial and industrial producers who will be allowed to send power to the grid for cash, mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis said.
Meanwhile, John Steenhuisen – leader of the Democratic Alliance, the country’s opposition party – said he met with president Cyril Ramaphosa to discuss the ongoing electricity crisis, while providing suggestions to the president on how to alleviate the energy crisis. Issue a blanket Section 34 determination so that all municipalities in good financial standing can procure, generate and store their own electricity.Waive all local content requirements for electricity procurement. The only priority now is restoring our supply.
Establish an Independent System Market Operator so that the transmission grid can be run separately from Eskom.Establish proper governance structures to oversee the foreign funding for our transition away from fossil fuels.Build more storage capacity. Investing in the technology of batteries and other forms of storage will take a lot of pressure off Eskom.Deal with sabotage through integrated security and intelligence measures and by vigorously prosecuting the treasonous saboteurs.
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