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Original Post Date: 2008-04-18 Time: 00:00:00 Posted By: Jan
Curbing electricity theft would greatly ease pressure on the national grid, said the Democratic Alliance on Thursday.
“The amount of electricity that Eskom loses to illegal connections and other forms of theft equates to almost 10 percent of national demand,” said DA public enterprises spokesperson Manie van Dyk.
“[This is] the very same margin by which the electricity utility is asking the public to reduce its consumption”.
Van Dyk said a report showed that losses incurred through electricity theft and non-payment amounted to 3 690 MW.
“This exceeds Eskom’s goal of a permanent peak hour saving of 3 000 MW.”
He said Eskom should devote the same amount of time and resources to combating electricity theft as it did to campaigns for consumption cuts.
The DA would submit questions to parliament over what steps were being taken to reduce electricity theft.
More inspections should take place more often and top technology should be deployed to monitor usage, to help reduce the theft.
Issues around revenue lost as a result of theft, fraud and bypassing meters should also be addressed.
Van Dyk said – according to an Eskom representative – revenue lost through theft and fraud amounted to R1-billion in the last financial year. – Sapa
Source: http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?art_id=nw20080417123615607C954916