Eskom requires that the load profile of the community be reduced when necessary, but wants to be the one to do it. Moneyweb loadshedding
Eskom is threatening to take control of local load shedding in the Free State town of Frankfort in an effort to stop the use of locally produced solar power to spare residents from load shedding during the day. Rural Maintenance, the company contracted by the Mafube Local Municipality to manage electricity distribution on its behalf, is however having none of it.
Read: Mantashe sees low appetite for private power The true purpose of the solar farms is to provide electricity for agri-processing in agri-villages to be established in the community. The plan is to beneficiate the agricultural produce farmers produce locally and thereby create jobs and ensure economic development.
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