Eskom dismisses partnership with Gimme Power
JOBURG - Eskom has dismissed reports that the entity was in partnership with companies selling electricity consumption reduction products.
Eskom spokesperson, Khulu Phasiwe said, “The company wishes to warn members of the public that it is not in partnership with a company called Gimme Power CC and/or any other company that claims to sell a product which reduces electricity consumption.”
In a statement released by the country’s public electricity entity, it was stated that the company (Gimme Power CC) was selling, among others, a product termed ‘electric buddy’ which is purportedly approved by Eskom as being energy efficient. “At no stage did Eskom endorse Gimme Power as a company working in partnership with Eskom, or the ‘electric buddy’ or any of Gimme Power’s products to be energy-saving,” the statement read.
The statement also read, “Thus the conduct of distributing marketing material stating that Gimme Power is in partnership with Eskom or that Eskom has approved any of Gimme Power’s products as being energy-efficient is not only false, but misleading, to the public. Eskom is not associated with any of the company’s products or promotional/marketing material.”
Eskom said Gimme Power’s partnership comments also were not only false but were misleading the public.
The power entity also updated the public on the load-shedding situation on 4 March. On the Twitter handle, Eskom Hld SOC Ltd @Eskom_SA stated, “There is a medium probability of load shedding during the day, with a very high probability of load shedding for this evening.”
View the tweet below:
There is a medium probability of #load_shedding during the day, with a very high probability of #load_shedding for this evening.
— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) March 4, 2015
