DA to send copy of our Cheaper Electricity Bill to Eskom CEO following plans to accelerate unbundling
12 July 2020
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has taken note of comments by André De Ruyter, the Eskom CEO, that he is hoping to revise and accelerate the initial timetable for unbundling and splitting the beleaguered power utility.
We trust that unlike his predecessors, De Ruyter will keep this energy and momentum and follow through in creating a more stable and independent Eskom. It is for this reason that the DA will send him a physical copy of our Private Members’ Bill (PMB), the Independent Electricity Management Operator (IEMO) Bill also known as the Cheaper Electricity Bill.
A copy of the PMB can be accessed here.
The DA has for years advocated for Eskom to be broken up into two entities, and these calls have fallen on deaf ears as the looting and regression at the entity continued unabated. Had the ANC government looked past petty politics and reached out across the political divide, Eskom’s unbundling could have been at an advance, if not completed, stage.