DA demands Parliament reconvene to act on Eskom crisis
Parliament - Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane on Monday said he has written to the Speaker of Parliament to ask that the legislature reconvene and set up an ad hoc committee to resolve the electricity crisis that prompted Eskom to implement advanced stages load-shedding in recent weeks.
Maimane said the legislature should also immediately pass the shelved Independent System and Market Operator Bill to speed up the splitting of Eskom into separate generation and supply entities to make electricity cheaper and ensure availability. "The improvement in plant performance, together with replenished diesel and water reserves over the last few days, as well as the increase of imports from Mozambique’s Cahora Bassa to 850MW, has positively shifted system performance," the power utility said.
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