Eskom has ramped up maintenance on its Transmission grid, in an effort to avoid rolling blackouts spreading into the transmission space. The power utility gave an update on the Transmission Development Plan, TDP, for the period 2021 to 2031 with various stakeholders. This update forms part of Eskom’s Transmission licence requirements issued by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa, Nersa, that calls for the power utility to publish a TDP update annually. This comes come at a time when South Africans have to contend with rolling blackouts that are set to go into the weekend.
We have asked Ruse Moleshe, an energy and infrastructure finance specialist to shed some light on the Transmission Development Plan, and the current power outages. She joins us on the line.
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