Wednesday, 5 March 2008 ______________________________________________________________ ESKOM IS NOT STOPPING NEW DEVELOPMENTS Eskom is not stopping any developments. All those developments that have already applied and have quotations will be honoured (Gautrain and the 2010 World Cup are projects that have already been approved and are thus not affected). The process with regard to new developments is that Eskom will take between four to six months to process the application and give the applicant a quote. developments for buildings requiring above 100 kVA. This applies to all
At the same time, in addition to its capital investment programme, Eskom is engaged in a number of projects to increase its supply capacity and these include cogeneration, demand side management and power buy-back. This is with the aim of expediting the process of ensuring supply to new dew development.
ENDS ______________________________________________________________ Further information contact: Zethu Shezi Senior Advisor: Stakeholder Management e-mail: sheziz@eskom.co.za 031-710 5134 Or Eskom’s Media Desk 011 800 3304/3309/3343/3378 082 805 7278