Eskom reports poor performance across the board and a net loss of R23.9 billion

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  • South Africaโ€™s state owned and state-run energy utility, Eskom, release their Group annual results for the year ended 31 March 2023.ย 

Main takeaways:

  • Generation performance continued to deteriorate, while networks and new build delivered variable performance. Plant availability deteriorated to 56.03% (2022: 62.02%), with unplanned load losses rising to 31.92% (2022: 25.35%) and planned maintenance at 10.39% (2022: 10.23%).
  • Loadshedding had to be implemented on 280 days during the past year due to generation supply constraints and shortfall from IPP programmes. 9.9TWh (5%โ–ผ) decline in sales volumes across every sector due to Eskom and IPP generation supply constraints, leading to loadshedding and load curtailment.
  • Gas turbines produced 4 116GWh (2022: 2 725GWh) at a cost of R29.7 billion (2022: R14.7 billion) for Eskom and IPP OCGTs.
  • Arrear municipal debt escalated to R58.5 billion (2022: R44.8 billion).
  • Net loss after tax worsened to R23.9 billion (2022: R11.9 billion).

Eskomโ€™s generating plant availability reached the lowest levels ever, due to unprecedented levels of unplanned unavailability. A factor that contributed to the supply constraints is the fact that IPP capacity โ€“ both renewable and other programmes, such as DMREโ€™s Risk Mitigation IPP Procurement Programme โ€“ has not come online as expected under the IRP 2019, with an energy shortfall of more than 5 100GWh for the year, requiring increased levels of loadshedding and โ€œoverproductionโ€ by Eskom and IPP-owned OCGTs of around 2 000GWh for the year.

Additional dispatchable capacity of 4 000MWโ€“6 000MW is required immediately, to support the stability of the power system, create space for maintenance and reduce the need for loadshedding.

Link to the full presentation here:ย Eskom 2023 Results Presentation_Final

Author: Bryan Groenendaal

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