There's a lot of brilliant stuff happening in the world of demand management, and plenty of lessons for Eskom and South Africa's municipalities, writesA comprehensive electricity demand management programme has been long overdue in blackouts-ravaged South Africa. Frustratingly, however, we're venturing in the wrong direction.
Eskom recently launched a load-limiting pilot project in Fourways, Johannesburg, to help reduce power demand during peak hours. The aim is to roll this out across the country in an effort to reduce the severity of rolling blackouts.Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month. You can cancel anytime and if you cancel within 14 days you won't be billed.