Electricity summit on the cards

A summit will be held in Boksburg on the East Rand on Monday to outline government's programme of action regarding the restructuring of the electricity distribution industry. Minerals and energy deputy minister Lulu Xingwana has issued a statement saying the summit will address issues of power outages which have been experienced by different municipalities in Gauteng. According to Xingwana the summit will also look at how the electricity distribution industry can be made more viable and sustainable - in such a way that inefficiencies such as outages can be eliminated.