Cape Town Seeks to Take Over Electricity Supply From South Africa’s Eskom
Cape Town, South Africa’s second-largest city, is in talks with Eskom to take over the supply of electricity in areas of the metro served by the state power utility.
The municipality oversees the provision about 70% of the power used in the city, with the remainder falling under Eskom. The discussions, which started about a year ago, form part of Cape Town’s plans to reduce its reliance on the beleaguered utility that’s subjecting the nation to record blackouts.
“We want to supply the entire city,” Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis said in an interview. City officials are “engaged in some rather delicate negotiations with Eskom” and are awaiting written confirmation as to whether its board wants to proceed with the project, he said.
The city uses about 1 700 MW at peak hours in the winter and 1 600 MW in the summer.
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