On Monday, officials from the municipality’s energy task team held a media briefing at the Rooiwal power station where they announced the city was looking at leasing the two stations to independent power producers.
JOHANNESBURG - The Tshwane Municipality said that years of mismanagement, neglect and vandalism had led to two of its power stations running into disuse.
Brink said the coal stations have fallen into disuse and do not generate any electricity despite costing the city millions. TCG pic.twitter.com/0TG7eGjQPy Mphaga said they should be awarding contracts by the end of June next year. TCG pic.twitter.com/UDqLZyk1WjLardo Standor, Tshwane Municipality Chief Economist, said the current gov regulations state that a municipality cannot offset load-shedding stages by procuring electricity from independent power producers
' EWN Reporter September 18, 2023 Between the Rooiwal and Pretoria West power stations, there are about 200 workers currently employed by the city.Tshwane Municipality’s chief economist, Lardo Standor, said that many of the talented staff had left for better opportunities.
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