Centre established to manage Western Cape power outages

The committee tasked with the management of risks posed by electricity shortages has established a centre from where the Western Cape electricity situation will be closely monitored. The establishment of the recovery centre as well as a recovery team by the Energy Risk Management Committee is part of a broader strategy that will be launched next week to address the challenges of load shedding in the next few months. All coordination, including emergency services, traffic management and communications pertaining to power outages will be run from the recovery centre. The committee is led by Western Cape MEC for Environment, Planning and Economic Development, Tasneem Essop.