Eskom has handed over load shedding operations for large parts of Johannesburg to City Power.
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Eskom will hand over responsibility for almost all load shedding in Johannesburg to City Power from 6 November.
Joburg has secured bids from private producers to provide 92MW of electricity.
Johannesburg’s City Power is in talks with Eskom to reduce outages in South Africa’s biggest and wealthiest city.
The City of Johannesburg’s electricity supply company has warned it is running out of money to fix crucial infrastructure.
The City of Johannesburg has issued an extraordinary appeal to communities to help it deal with a widening scourge of infrastructure theft.
Eskom granted “some reprieve” from load shedding to City Power to help it deal with repairs following floods.
The City of Johannesburg has asked Eskom for a three-day exemption from continuing outages to enable City Power to stabilise supply.
Johannesburg is seeking electricity supply from private generators to reduce the amount of scheduled power outages.
The City of Johannesburg, facing an energy supply and energy infrastructure crisis, is turning to the private sector for urgent help.