These were some of the new energy measures announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday night as he tries to bring an end to rolling power cuts.
This was one of the new energy measures announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday night as he tries to bring an end to rolling power cuts.
As well as setting up a new energy crisis committee, the plan is to bid for more renewable energies, lifting licencing requirements for private power producers and to allow solar-powered homes to sell excess electricity back to Eskom.But first, Ramaphosa said that Eskom's old fleet needs a big lick of paint.
"It has now been decided that over the next 12 months, Eskom will increase the budget allocated for critical maintenance to increase the reliability of its generation capacity," Ramaphosa said."This point was raised for me by the power station managers as they detailed to me how difficult it has been for them to repair the units that break from time to time," the president said.
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