The dispute concerned the threat by Eskom to interfere with the so-called “self-load-shedding” taking place in the Mafube local municipality.
Rural Free State GM Gugu Mokoena walks next to the solar panels that help light up Frankfort. The town will have to stop relying on these solar panels during load-shedding in a system called 'voiding' because of Eskom's objections.Eskom says it is relieved the application brought by Rural Maintenance — electricity distributor for Mafube Local Municipality in the Free State — and its subsidiary Rural Free State was dismissed with costs by the Johannesburg high court on Thursday.
The Johannesburg high court on Thursday dismissed the application, after finding the case was not properly before court. This was because of the absence of a mandate from Mafube Local Municipality to institute legal proceedings.approved Rural’s application to implement self load-shedding on January 25.
“It is at this stage that Rural Maintenance opted to institute legal processes against Eskom,” she said. “As in the rest of the country, the Eskom-supplied electricity to Frankfort is also subject to load-shedding.”RFS was able to substitute the Eskom-supplied portion through alternative electricity sources, such as electricity from battery storage or another generation facility that is only employed during a power outage, RFS would have been able to eliminate the need for load-shedding.
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