The Democratic Alliance (DA) has accused Eskom and Mafube municipality of colluding to block Frankfort from using its own solar power plant to reduce the impact of load-shedding on the town.
“Rural Maintenance has been subjected to a long and deliberately drawn-out process,” DA leader John Steenhuisen said in a statement on Tuesday.
“Collusion between Mafube and Eskom continues to deny Rural Maintenance and Frankfort’s residents the authority to generate their own electricity, manage the town’s load-shedding schedule, and ultimately help solve South Africa’s electricity crisis.
The Mafube municipality has been using private power distributor Rural Maintenance to provide residents in Frankfort with electricity for more than a decade.
As part of a 25-year contract, Rural Maintenance buys electricity from four solar farms in the area that can provide up to 3.7MW of generating capacity, more than the town consumes.
It clashed with Eskom earlier this year over implementing a load-shedding reduction scheme Rural Maintenance calls “voiding”.
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“Rural Maintenance has been subjected to a long and deliberately drawn-out process,” DA leader John Steenhuisen said in a statement on Tuesday.
“Collusion between Mafube and Eskom continues to deny Rural Maintenance and Frankfort’s residents the authority to generate their own electricity, manage the town’s load-shedding schedule, and ultimately help solve South Africa’s electricity crisis.
The Mafube municipality has been using private power distributor Rural Maintenance to provide residents in Frankfort with electricity for more than a decade.
As part of a 25-year contract, Rural Maintenance buys electricity from four solar farms in the area that can provide up to 3.7MW of generating capacity, more than the town consumes.
It clashed with Eskom earlier this year over implementing a load-shedding reduction scheme Rural Maintenance calls “voiding”.
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Eskom argues that Rural Maintenance can’t simply implement whatever level of load-shedding it feels like and must adhere to the NRS 048-9 Code of Practice.
Rural Maintenance has said that it provided Eskom with data proving that it reduced Frankfort’s load on the national grid through “voiding”.
The matter came to a head in the Johannesburg High Court in May.
Mafube failed to show up for Rural Maintenance with an affidavit confirming it had authorised the private power distributor to bring the application against Eskom.
As a result, the judge dismissed the case. Rural Maintenance said losing the case forced it to switch off parts of its solar farms.
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Rural Maintenance has said that it provided Eskom with data proving that it reduced Frankfort’s load on the national grid through “voiding”.
The matter came to a head in the Johannesburg High Court in May.
Mafube failed to show up for Rural Maintenance with an affidavit confirming it had authorised the private power distributor to bring the application against Eskom.
As a result, the judge dismissed the case. Rural Maintenance said losing the case forced it to switch off parts of its solar farms.
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