Cape Town is preparing for Stage 8 rolling blackouts because ‘Eskom has failed for too long’, according to mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis. The City is continuing to turn to other sources of renewable, dispatchable energy and is implementing a new power ...
by Eskom workers triggered Stage 6 rolling blackouts, disproportionately disrupting the economy and South African livelihoods, the City of Cape Town has begun preparing for the worst.
“Stage 8 load shedding is a picture that you never want to see in South Africa,” said Hill-Lewis. “Never mind the riots, we do not have enough diesel or enough diesel generators to keep our water filtration systems working, and essential services would collapse within 48 hours.” Cape Town last experienced rolling blackouts almost three weeks ago, on 18 August. South Africa has already had 91 days of blackouts so far in 2022.
An incentive tariff had just been approved for the next three years, the registration of the process had closed and the first payments to businesses would be made in October.However, Hill-Lewis said the idea is morally complicated, because the households that are most likely to invest in renewable power are statistically the wealthiest.
The intention is to further incentivise households to use renewable energy and make it easier for them to do it themselves. This incentive will grow over time which will hopefully rapidly increase the use of renewable energy, he said.
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