Friday, September 6, 2024

Electricity Sector privatisation - Matthews Bantsijang


Electricity Industry must promote for modern clean, safe and healthier energy, while noting that the privatisation of the energy sector since the 1980s around the world have always harmed public interest and served a handful of private companies.

Electricity Reticulation by Matthews Bantsijang

 


"Our South African Constitution places the responsibility of Electricity Reticulation on Local Government. whereby municipalities need to ensure the provision of services to communities are in a sustainable manner as well as promote economic and social development. Therefore, electricity is an important funding source for local government, particularly for larger urban municipalities, hence the Electricity Distribution function is shared between municipalities and Eskom. Electricity Reticulation thus is the trading or distribution of electricity and includes all associated services, while electricity distribution system means a power system that operates at or below 132kV." Cde Matthews Bantsijang