Eskom, big businesses hold meeting to discuss electricity crisis
Strategies to prop up beleaguered Eskom and strengthen energy security are being discussed with some of the country's top business executives.
The utility says it has met with leaders from over 70 private institutions to flesh out plans to boost power supply, and reduce load shedding.
The discussions with teams from Business Leadership SA, the JSE and other companies come after the president outlined sweeping plans to deal with our prolonged energy crisis.
Eskom spokesperson Sikonathi Mantshantsha says sustainable electricity supply is the goal.
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"This constructive engagement forms part of Eskom's continuous engagements with affected and interested stakeholders to find sustainable solutions to the electricity crisis.
"The purpose of the discussions was to identify initiatives where the parties can collaborate and plant the seeds of opportunity to leverage private sector investment capacity and harvest the low hanging fruit in the electricity industry."
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