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City Power aims to secure alternative energy

2nd December 2022

By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Senior Contributing Editor Online

     

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Municipal power utility City Power has gone out to the market to secure excess energy from alternative energy sources through short-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) of up to 36 months.

This step towards mitigating and eventually ending rolling blackouts follows commitments made at the two-day Joburg Energy Indaba in April.

“The requests for proposal were published this morning, signalling a clear start for Joburg as we embark on the journey of securing reliable, sustainable and affordable energy that will keep the economy running and the lights on, thus sustaining and improving lives and livelihoods.

“A city whose contribution to the national economy is almost 16%, while making up 40% of Gauteng’s economy, cannot be left without energy for hours on end. As the Joburg multiparty government, we are working so that you can work,” comments executive mayor Mpho Phalatse.

City Power currently buys 90% of its electricity from State-owned utility Eskom, with the balance coming from the privately owned Kelvin power station.

Parallel to the short-term PPAs, the city is also in the midst of an approval process for a Ministerial Determination to procure power from independent power producers on a longer-term basis.

Edited by Chanel de Bruyn
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor Online

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