Eskom explains why it blocked a private solar producer from ‘voiding’ load shedding

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Eskom explains why it blocked a private solar producer from ‘voiding’ load shedding
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The CEO of Rural Maintenace provides insight on a recent court ruling.

says it has no alternative but to switch off a portion of its solar farm during the day from Friday onwards after losing a court appeal against Eskom.

Rural Maintenance had been granted permission by Eskom to implement self-load shedding in the region from January 2023. Under this agreement, the private company bought electricity from four solar farms in the region at a lower cost and supplied it to the Mafube Local Municipality. In a statement following the ruling, the embattled power utility said that Rural Maintenance simply could not cover the full load of the municipality through the solar solutions, and without batter backups, households were still reliant on Eskom’s grid power.

“Even during daytime hours when the plant is running at optimal operation, a portion of the town’s electricity requirements are still supplied by Eskom. As in the rest of the country, the Eskom-supplied electricity to Frankfort is also subject to load shedding,” it said. Eskom also denied that this was the case, saying that it has not placed any restrictions on how the group uses its self-generated electricity.

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