“We just need political will and decisiveness from the government. I can lead this and have it all done in five months, send me.”
To achieve a turnaround in the electricity crisis, McKenzie suggested government should invite 110 solar companies to immediately construct a 100-megawatt plant.
“You will have thousands of up-takers. Let them start immediately, you can even use state money and start a state renewable company but I wouldn’t advise that, let the private sector do it,” he said. McKenzie said the results would be 11 times more energy than what is needed and the lights will be on in 2023.
“We just need political will and decisiveness from the government. I can lead this and have it all done in five months, send me,” said McKenzie. the power utility aims to buy about 1,000 megawatts of electricity from companies with spare generation capacity, privately-owned plants and neighbouring countries starting from this week. The utility has spent R7.
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