Cyril Ramaphosa announced his plan to end load-shedding during his address to the nation on Monday.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced his plan to end load-shedding, including bringing skilled engineers back to Eskom, incentivising the uptake of rooftop solar, and buying surplus capacity from independent power producers.“The crisis that we are facing requires that we should take bold, courageous, and decisive action to close the electricity gap in our country,” he said.
Ramaphosa also said the power utility would import electricity from neighbouring countries through the Southern African power pool arrangement. He added that the government’s decision to raise the licencing threshold to 100MW had unlocked a pipeline of more than 80 confirmed private sector projects with a combined capacity of over 6,000MW.
The plan aligns with those proposed by Eskom, various energy experts, and the National Planning Commission .to allow time to construct 10,000MW generating capacity and 5,000MW battery storage.
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