Tug-of-war between Eskom and municipalities over power supply
(WorldNews Africa)

Cape Town - The green light given to independent power producers (IPPs) to provide 11800 megawatts of solar and wind power by Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe has started a tug-of-war between Eskom and municipalities that want to purchase electricity directly from the IPPs. Mantashe`s gazetting of the section 34 ministerial determination for new generation capacity on Friday afternoon led to Finance and Economic Opportunities MEC David Maynier urging him to...