Final Adopted IDP - KZN Development Planning

Okhukho substation project has experienced some environmental challenges which
indicate that the project may be delayed for an indefinite period of time. This
will affect electrification in Ward 14, Ward 15 and Ward 24.
• Funding for electrification projects is provided by the Department of Energy in
accordance with the Integrated National Electrification Programme at
approximately R 8 million per year. The consequence of this is the electrification
of only a range of 500 to 600 houses per year depending on the proximity of
Eskom infrastructure.
Electricity Backlogs
There are currently no electricity distribution service backlogs within the Ulundi
Municipality licence area. Whilst the Eskom licence area includes all or part of all 24
wards that comprise the area of jurisdiction of the Ulundi Municipality, the backlog is
confined to 20 wards - Eskom has indicated that the current electricity distribution
service backlog totals 12 972 households.
In order to estimate access to electricity, statistics drawn from Census 2001 related to
using electricity for lighting purposes have been used. Lighting is the cheapest
commodity that electricity can be used for, and it is assumed that this is the first item
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