House Chair, the Minister said "the best in the world", and indeed we hope it will be so. World experience tells us that a renewable energy programme does not rely only on the large independent power producers, but even on the small independent power producers. And a number of households on a large scale, as is happening in Germany for instance, could be very significant contributors to the overall renewable energy plan.
One of the key aspects to making that happen is reverse meters, which is something that people like me have been advocating and putting to Eskom for about four years now. There is a steadfast policy against reverse meters. Reverse meters would enable each and every one of us to have a solar panel, cutting the costs of a very expensive battery system, which is the most expensive part of a solar panel system. It feeds energy back into the system so that Eskom becomes the battery.
The question, Minister, is: Have you considered this steadfast policy against reverse meters?