Hey Ed1, private companies can already compete in the...

Hey Ed1, private companies can already compete in the electricity space. They uptake has been painfully slow, and none more slower than KKO;

Generation Licences under the Electricity Regulation ActOn 17 January 2023, the DMRE announced further amendments to Section 3 of Schedule 2 of the Electricity Regulation Act 4 of 2006 (the "Act"), following earlier changes to the Act in 2021 that raised the generation licence threshold from 1 MW to 100 MW.The most significant amendment exempts any generation facility, irrespective of its size or capacity, with a point of connection on the transmission or distribution power system (and irrespective of whether or not that generation facility has energy storage) from the requirement to apply for and hold a licence the operation of any generation facility, with or without energy storage, in circumstances where:a) the generation facility supplies electricity to one or more customers by Wheeling (i.e. the transfer of electricity from the point of connection of the generation facility to the grid to a point of consumption through a third party transmission network), and the generator has entered into a Connection agreement with an entity that holds a transmission or distribution licence in respect of the power system over which the electricity will be wheeled; orb) the generation facility has a point of connection to the grid but does not import or export any electricity onto or from the transmission or distribution power system.This move enables investment in larger, utility-scale plants that will take advantage of economies of scale and represents a significant move towards the liberalisation of the South African energy market.