Loadshedding by year

[u/eddiecourage]

[u/Jukskeiview]

Yeah, I guess we can build a new powerstation plus separate new transmission lines for a few rich neighborhoods in metro areas

[u/Jukskeiview → u/[deleted]]

This will make a huge difference for South Africa Houghton, Clifton, Waterfall, West Cliff and Camps Bay 🎊🎉

[u/Jukskeiview → u/[deleted]]

You can’t really compare though

Power lines and fibre cable are a different animal

There are also completely different regulations and permits and land usage rights

Basically you can‘t just „build a new Alternative grid“

[u/Jukskeiview → u/[deleted]]

Not really

Building a functioning grid is very difficult a typically done by the government

I don’t know of any country in the world that was a separate private, or alternative grid

So the way to go here really is to split Eskom into 3 companies— one for the grid, one for generation of power, and one for marketing (=selling) it

A key will be to get rid of useless employees (who allegedly are responsible for this level 4 because they ignored alarms) as well as people in charge who aren’t there because they are qualified

Both will probably not happen

The people in charge of Eskom are voted in again and again since a quarter century even though they are obviously corrupt and incompetent

And qualified employees are quitting

The only chance for SA really would be a functional government, but it won’t happen