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Electricity
Electricity Provision
2001-2005 June R3,5m was spend to provide electricity to 5 200 households
Currently there’s about 5 119 households backlog
We will need about R9m to deal with the backlog for house connections and bulk infrastructure
Free Basic Electricity
All registered indigents households receive free basic electricity, the number is 4 480 households (about 22 400 people benefit)
Allocations 2004/05 R1,1m and 2005/06 R1,2m
Challenges: Electricity Provision
Coordination between the municipality and ESKOM
Insufficient infrastructure to roll out free basic electricity to poor households
Network capacity to accommodate new connections
Uncertainty in respect of the REDS
Re-evaluation of our electricity assets in preparation of the REDS
Electricity
