South African Municipality Distribution Losses

Description

The data provided shows the distribution losses of municipalities in South Africa. The data only contains information on municipalities that distribute electricity and their losses are given as a percentage. This percentage value represents the lost units as a proportion of the units purchased. The data was extracted from municipality financial statements.

Steps to reproduce

Download the municipality financial statements that are publicly available online. find distribution losses as a percentage and record the data. If it is not available calculate the losses using units purchased and units sold in kWh. percentage loss = ((units purchased - units sold)/units purchased) *100

Institutions

• Eskom (South Africa)

  Gauteng, Johannesburg

Categories

Licence