The economic and financial benefits to South African municipalities of buying electricity from independent power producers (IPPs), as well as commercial and residential prosumers has turned overwhelmingly positive and should be pursued with enthusiasm, the chairperson of the South African Independent Power Producer Association argues. In fact, Thomas Garner states that, in the context of ongoing loadshedding, a municipality’s electricity-related finances could be significantly bolstered if it were to diversify its sources of supply beyond Eskom and, in so doing, reduce revenue-sapping rotational cuts and stimulate rates-generating economic activity.
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