Zoutpansberger 26 April 2013

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Zoutpansberger

26 April 2013

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Power crisis

Town faces major electricity supply crisis, but municipality says their is nothing to worry about

By Andries van Zyl

Makhado (Louis Trichardt) is at present gripped in a major electricity supply crisis, but, says the Makhado Municipality, a total collapse of the entire electricity supply network is not likely. Amidst the town’s continued water supply and sewage problems, few residents are aware of the town’s dire electricity situation, mainly because the lights are still on. The sheer scope of the crisis came to the fore in the municipality’s response to a question by the Zoutpansberger about the present state of the town’s electrical network with regard to capacity, maintenance and development. This and other questions were put to them when it became known that the municipality is at present not approving any new developments of which the electricity demand exceeds 100KVA. In layman’s terms, 100KVA is enough for a single housing development of about 30 small flats or 20 small housing units, but not enough for a development the size of Makhado Crossing or even a restaurant in need of more than 100KVA to run its kitchen. Other factors that contributed to growing concerns over a

total collapse of the town’s electrical infrastructure included rumours of major budget cuts in maintenance, due to a lack of funds, a massive backlog in maintenance and the poor quality of service. “Severe constraints, lack of bulk capacity, huge maintenance backlogs, poor quality of supply and service. With the resources available we can only manage emergency maintenance,” was the response received from the municipality on Tuesday. With regard to the restriction placed on new developments exceeding a 100KVA demand, the municipality explained that their decision is twofold: First of all, the municipality stated that their restriction is in line with the national Eskom restriction that 100kVA can be allowed to be connected to the grid when a national 10% saving is maintained from all customers in South Africa. This, they said, is to still allow the economy to grow. Secondly, in line with the national restrictive norm in respect of the capacity constraints, the municipality added, they also adopted a restrictive approach, mainly due to the current capacity constraints experienced at the town’s main Eskom substation. (Contd on P2)

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