# The Department of Electricity and Energy says achieving universal electricity access by 2030 will cost an estimated 75-billion-rand to connect the remaining 1.6-million households. Deputy director-general Thabo Kekana told Parliament that current funding and delivery models under the Integrated National Electrification Programme are inadequate. The department plans to partner with the Development Bank of Southern Africa and explore hybrid grid and microgrid models to power rural and remote communities nationwide.
SA’s electrification drive faces R75-billion challenge to reach universal access by 2030