Due to its debt to Eskom, Johannesburg and its residents will not be allowed to participate in South Africa’s revised regulations surrounding third-party electricity wheeling.
During a media briefing on Tuesday, 6 May 2025, Electricity and Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said revised regulations would allow cities to partake in third-party electricity wheeling.
Third-party wheeling enables independent power producers (IPPs) to sell the electricity they produce directly to consumers in other parts of the country, using Eskom’s transmission infrastructure.
Enabling third-party electricity transmission will allow for multiple private generators to enter the electricity trade market and sell the energy they produce to various consumers.
Ramokgopa explained that South Africans can expect electricity prices to drop if the system is designed correctly.
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