The City of Tshwane Metro Council is considering a private partnership with investors to enhance the functioning of the Rooiwal and Pretoria West Power Stations.
This will assist the City to independently generate nearly 1000 megawatts of electricity in the next three years. Recently, the Tshwane Council approved a public participation report for the proposed 40-year lease of the Rooiwal and Pretoria West Power Stations.
This comes after it emerged that the former mayor, Randal Williams, allegedly manipulated the municipality’s procurement process to secure R26 billion from the controversial Kratos Consortium. However, Brinks is adamant that the initiative will go a long way toward alleviating load-shedding and dependence on the embattled power utility, Eskom.“Earlier this year, we appointed an energy task team of people from across the various units in the City of Tshwane.
The metro believes it has the expertise to generate its own electricity. But according to the City’s Chief Economist and Member of the Energy Task Team, Lardo Stander, there’s a need to engage the power supply regulatory body, NERSA, as well as the expertise of private sector investment, to fulfil this massive dream.
Public participation is not left behind. The Chairperson of the Energy Task Team, Sello Mphaga, touches on the targeted time frames.
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