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A Newzroom Afrika interview with Chris Bosch, CEO of Rural Maintenance, broadcasted on 18 May 2023, refers. Although Eskom has repeatedly explained and proven to Rural Maintenance that electricity generated from their solar plant is not enough to cover their demand and they therefore cannot be exempted from implementing loadshedding, Rural Maintenance continues to mislead the public. 

Simply put, if their generation was enough for their demand, Frankfort would be off-grid and thus would not be affected by any loadshedding. Assuming their dumping claim is also true, we met with Rural Maintenance twice in May and presented them with our Standard Offer. This entails that we wish to buy any excess electricity generated by their plant. 

As said in our media statement issued on 21 April 2023, we welcome the use of electricity from independent power producers that can assist in alleviating loadshedding. What we require from Rural Maintenance as a responsible participant in the national grid, is that they comply with the requirements of the Loadshedding Code of Practise in order to protect the national electricity network in the interest of the country as a whole.

Issued by Eskom