SA: End Eskom’s monopoly
Thématique :
sud afrique
SAPA, 28/01/2008
Eskom's monopoly was the main cause of South Africa's electricity problems and the solution lay in independent power producers, the Democratic Alliance said on Monday.
While provision was made for independent power producers to generate up to 30 percent of South Africa's total electricity output, it had to be sold to Eskom and not to other users, party MP Hendrik Schmidt told journalists in Cape Town.
The party was presenting its own energy solutions following the government's announcement on Friday of a plan to deal with the electricity crisis.
“We have to ensure that Eskom's monopoly as the sole purchaser is dismantled,” Schmidt said.
Eskom's low tariffs had also made other producers reluctant to step in.
South Africa's electricity was about 70 percent cheaper than Canada's, which had the world's second cheapest electricity tariffs.
Eskom's monopoly was the main cause of South Africa's electricity problems and the solution lay in independent power producers, the Democratic Alliance said on Monday.
While provision was made for independent power producers to generate up to 30 percent of South Africa's total electricity output, it had to be sold to Eskom and not to other users, party MP Hendrik Schmidt told journalists in Cape Town.
The party was presenting its own energy solutions following the government's announcement on Friday of a plan to deal with the electricity crisis.
“We have to ensure that Eskom's monopoly as the sole purchaser is dismantled,” Schmidt said.
Eskom's low tariffs had also made other producers reluctant to step in.
South Africa's electricity was about 70 percent cheaper than Canada's, which had the world's second cheapest electricity tariffs.
