Eskom wants to procure 1 000 MW on an urgent basis and hopes to sign the first supply agreement this week.At a briefing on Sunday, Eskom CEO André se Ruyter explained as a way forward in addressing load shedding - which escalated to Stage 6 over the weekend - the power utility is looking to procure an additional 1 000MW of capacity from existing Independent Power Producers and large industrial companies that have excess power capacity.
"We will go out to market as soon as tomorrow to make sure we can tap into electricity that is available right now," De Ruyter said on Sunday."The sooner we get additional megawatts on the grid, the better," he added.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.
_Business Cyril must go.. You're protecting him
_Business So they only going to be 6000MW short then 🤔
_Business We are officially in crisis. It's disappointing to be led by leaders who don't fix things before they get worse. This has been a long time coming.CRYMYBELOVEDCOUNTRY💔
_Business Keyword procurement once again. In the meantime Loadshedding continues ANC Eskom inseperable identical twins.
_Business This is sabotage from all those firms and businesses that Eskom has recently cut ties with over corrupt dealings with the old management.
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_Business electricity never goes at my place but today it went for 11 hours wtff
_Business Mxim
_Business Knee jerk.
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_Business Is this why we are on stage 6? You are a disgrace to this country!
_Business Even the CapeTimesSA this morning could see this . Using loadshedding to procure private energy . We have enough gigs in the grid. But 23 gigs are down from total of 48 gigs. Unacceptable. Board and management must go. Just go. IOL
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_Business This was the always the plan
_Business Funny this. Follow the money and see where this is procured from and who sits on those boards.
_Business Why has it taken so long? Why not engage with the IPP years ago?
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_Business The letting plan of Pravin and Cyril to feed they whites masters finally taking shape, we need to shutdown this scheme to loot and to make energy and electricity unaffordable. This is a clear plan to ensure there is continuous cheap labor for whites and no competition
_Business The same Companies that supplied protective equipment/gear/masks are going to supply power as well…..watch this space……I’ve never been wrong with my predictions of regarding the supply chain to SOE’s….
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_Business The purpose of load shedding isn’t it?
_Business Let me guess, it will go into GwedeMantashe1 giant pile of paper work and red tape of 'I don't give a shit' to be looked at in 2030