Eskom is taking a proposal to its board to raise the limit on the power it can source from outside the company.
Minister of Electricity Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says that Eskom is looking to increase the amount of power it can procure from private generators and neighbouring countries – quadrupling the current limit from 1,000MW to 4,000MW in hopes of easing rolling power cuts in the country.
Eskom has been implementing various strategies for procuring more power – one of which has been the Standard Offer Programme announced back in 2022. “It also allows for a predictable tariff, which is adjusted each year based on the regulatory-approved cost recovery mechanism and covers the variable cost of local generation,” said Eskom.
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