Johannesburg - Electricity disruptions, driven by load shedding, the poor quality of supply and high electricity tariffs will push more South Africans to migrate away from the grid - or stop paying for electricity at all. This is contained in the long overdue 2019 Integrated Resource Plan for Electricity , which was gazetted on Friday.
The revised plan, which maps out SA’s future energy sources including coal, nuclear and renewable energy for the next decade, acknowledges that as wholesale and retail electricity tariffs rise, more electricity users will ditch Eskom to meet their energy needs. “We can expect more electricity users to look for alternatives like rooftop PV systems or utility scale PV generation and migrate away from the electricity grid,” the IRP2019, which was approved by the cabinet this week, states.
“More fuel switching is to be expected, particularly in regard to the thermal load as electricity tariffs increase and alternatives like LP gas become available and cost effective.”
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