In South Africa, George Municipality has been quietly plugging away at an Electricity Wheeling Project to determine the technical challenges and policy, legal and regulatory reforms required to make wheeling happen. Daniel Greeff, Electrotechnical Services: Deputy Director – Planning & Design at George Municipality, explained that a fee is involved in using the municipal network. The concept of a wheeling pilot was approved by the Municipality Council – initially with a capacity limited to 1MW per applicant. In future, wheeling will probably be facilitated from Eskom into a municipality, which George Municipality has not yet tested,” explained van Niekerk. Greeff also pointed out that the George Municipality pilot “is opening a competitive supply market, where we will have multiple suppliers in the future.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 12, 2023 04:52 UTC