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Eskom has welcomed the North Gauteng High Court order granted against Emfuleni Local Municipality (ELM) to hand over eight industrial customers’ electricity services to the power utility.
The court found the municipality in contempt of the full court order issued on November 18, 2018.
It’s continued failure to pay Eskom was also declared unlawful and unconstitutional.
In the judgement issued, the court also ordered that in the interim industrial customers pay Eskom directly pending the implementation of the agreement between the power utility and the municipality.
“This court judgement comes after the municipality failed to adhere to an order issued in November 2018, where relief was granted to eight ELM industrial customers to pay Eskom directly,” the power utility said on Friday.
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“Eskom as a responsible organ of the state intends to comply with this order and looks forward to working with Emfuleni to ensure that service delivery becomes a core focus. The partnership between the power utility and municipality will benefit the customers, stakeholders, and community at large,” the statement read.
