A privately-run power distributor providing electricity to three small towns in the Free State has made significant progress in reducing the amount of load-shedding implemented against its customers over the past year.
A privately-run power distributor providing electricity to three small towns in the Free State has significantly reduced load-shedding implemented against its customers over the past year.
The high court ruled in Eskom’s favour, based not on a lack of merit in Rural Maintenance’s arguments, but on the Mafube Municipality failing or declining to provide an affidavit stating Rural Maintenance could litigate on its behalf. “Usually, towns like Frankfort only have one source of supply, and that was Eskom,” explained Rural Free State.
“The System Operator feels this is a mechanism that does not negatively impact the national grid,” Rural Free State said.In Frankfort, 45.21% of customers use the mechanism, while 23.5% of its customers in Villiers have also signed up for the programme. Fortunately, the alternative voiding programme has prevented excess solar generation from going to waste during load-shedding.
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