Electricity from rooftop solar to be sold into grid

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Government cuts red tape, streamlines power regulatory processes, and will soon allow electricity from rooftop solar panels to be sold into the grid. load-shedding PowerCrisist

Households and businesses will soon be allowed to sell surplus electricity from rooftop solar panels into the national grid.

Eskom said yesterday its recovery will take some time and board chairperson Mpho Makwana revealed the power utility is exploring the possibility of permanently implementing stages two and three of load-shedding over the next two years, in order to give power stations the “headroom” to address power station maintenance issues.

“Another major source of new generating capacity are solar panels on the roofs of houses and businesses. Work will soon be completed on a pricing structure that will allow customers to sell surplus electricity from rooftop solar panels into the grid.”

 

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