Eskom ‘should absorb’ weak municipal distributors

30 July 2012:
Business Day Online:
Weaker municipalities which distribute electricity should be incorporated into power utility Eskom, according to Accenture executive Ken Robinson.
The poor state of SA’s electricity distribution industry has been a contentious subject for a long time now, with allegations that licensed distributors — especially municipalities — are not investing enough in infrastructure. Old distribution assets are as much of a threat to the security of the electricity supply as insufficient power generation. Eskom and about 180 municipalities are licensed to distribute electricity. Read more…

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Market Segment
System Size
Total Capacity
Residential
0 - 30 kWp
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Commercial and Industrial (C&I) - SSEG
30kWp - 1MWp
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C&I Large Scale and utility scale
1MWP - 50MWp
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Utility Scale
> 50MWp
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