Stephen Grootes speaks to Tracy Ledger, senior researcher at the Public Affairs Research Institute (PARI), about how municipalities could cut electricity costs by buying surplus solar power from homes and businesses, unlocking billions in savings while reducing reliance on Eskom.
Tracy Ledger leads PARI’s Just Transition programme and is the author of Powering Development: A pathway to integrating rooftop solar PV into municipal electricity distribution.
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