Power programme approved

050910 Electricity pylons carry power from Cape Town's Koeberg nuclear power plant July 17, 2009. South Africa will need 20 gigawatts (GW) of new power generation capacity by 2020 and would require double that amount a decade later to meet rising demand, the country's power utility said September 7, 2009. Picture taken July 17, 2009. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings (SOUTH AFRICA ENERGY BUSINESS)

050910 Electricity pylons carry power from Cape Town's Koeberg nuclear power plant July 17, 2009. South Africa will need 20 gigawatts (GW) of new power generation capacity by 2020 and would require double that amount a decade later to meet rising demand, the country's power utility said September 7, 2009. Picture taken July 17, 2009. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings (SOUTH AFRICA ENERGY BUSINESS)

Published Nov 22, 2012

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Cabinet has approved the electricity distribution asset management turnaround programme and the start of the first phase of the programme.

This includes developing a business plan for the project, standardised refurbishment, maintenance, and process recommendations, acting government spokeswoman Phumla Williams told media on Thursday, following Cabinet's regular fortnightly Wednesday meeting.

“The programme will address the ageing electricity infrastructure, which forms the basis for the distribution of electricity to business and households,” she said.

The programme would be implemented within the approved government structure and monitored by the Presidential Infrastructure Co-ordinating Council.

Eskom would be the lead entity procuring on behalf of municipalities.

This would ensure economies of scale in implementing the programme.

Williams said the project's costing had yet to be finalised. - Sapa

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