Eskom testing new plan to cut power demand from businesses and residential areas
a national demand response programme in the small commercial and residential sectors in response to the electricity crisis facing South Africa.
These times are determined by the system operator, and typically hit during peaks, or when unexpected or unplanned outages occur and demand needs to be reduced to stabilise the grid. According to the power utility, the objective of the pilot is to test, among others, the appropriateness of technologies, market uptake, and the implementation and participation in this sector.
The programme carries a minimum load entry level of 1MW and a maximum of 5MW, and those that apply must be the facilitator of the load being controlled through the agreement. A performance contract will be put in place with the ALP for a period of up to three years, the group said, and participants will be expected to be able to curtail load twice a day for an hour at a time, minimum.
The demand response pilot is a national initiative, but municipalities are working on similar programmes more locally.
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