
The company welcomed the government’s commitment in this year’s State of the Nation Address that the National Energy Regulator of South Africa will process applications for the self-generation of electricity in excess of 1 MW within 120 days.
In a newspaper advertisement, the company highlights that industry “needs the ability” to on-sell electricity to other users on the grid; in turn, reducing the need to draw off the current grid and freeing up power for communities.
SAB also aims to foster partnerships with energy regulators and government to provide long-term certainty on wheeling tariffs that will support private sector companies, to have the ability to generate power off-site.
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