Each municipality must exercise its executive authority and perform its duty by —
| (a) | complying with all the technical and operational requirements for electricity networks determined by the Regulator; |
| (b) | integrating its reticulation services with its integrated development plans; |
| (c) | preparing, implementing and requiring relevant plans and budgets; |
| (d) | progressively ensuring access to at least basic reticulation services through appropriate investments in its electricity infrastructure; |
| (e) | providing basic reticulation services free of charge or at a minimum cost to certain classes of end users within its available resources; |
| (f) | ensuring sustainable reticulation services through effective and efficient management and adherence to the national norms and standards contemplated in section 35; |
| (g) | regularly reporting and providing information to the Department of Provincial and Local Government, the National Treasury, the Regulator and customers; |
| (h) | executing its reticulation function in accordance with relevant national energy policies; and |
| (i) | keeping separate financial statements, including a balance sheet of the reticulation business. |
[Section 27 inserted by section 10 of Act No. 28 of 2007]
