Procurement of 400 MW of private power to create jobs in eThekwini

The KwaZulu-Natal provincial executive council (PEC) has approved the eThekwini metropolitan municipality’s procurement plan for an initial 400 MW of new generation capacity from independent power producers. This will create 8 000 job opportunities through a public-private partnership (PPP), mayor Mxolisi Kaunda announced at the Energy Transformation Summit, in Durban, on March 1.