- Eskom has announced that the current bout of lodshedding will be suspended today at 5:00 AM, following the recovery of generation capacity and the replenishment of emergency reserves.
- The state owned energy utilty introduced stage 6 loadshedding over this pst weekend after generation unit trips at multiple coal fired power stations. Read more
“We maintain our guidance that loadshedding is largely behind us due to structural improvements in the generation fleet. Our focus remains on eliminating loadshedding as a structural constraint on the economy,” said Eskom Group Chief Executive, Dan Marokane.
“There will be valuable lessons to be learned from the set of multiple unit trips that were unconnected and purely technical in nature related to electrical and control system issues within auxiliary parts of our power stations,” continued Marokane.
“We remain committed to high levels of maintenance, and the results are clear. Our efforts have delivered a 99% electricity availability rate over Eskom’s current financial year, from 1 April 2024 to 21 February 2025, saving ~R17 billion in diesel costs,” said Eskom Group Executive for Generation, Bheki Nxumalo.
“Ongoing planned maintenance stands at 6 660MW in alignment with our summer period maintenance strategy, which is at increased levels in order to prepare for winter and meet license and regulatory requirements. We reaffirm our commitment to ensuring that South Africa will not return to the severe levels of loadshedding experienced in 2023,” concluded Nxumalo.
Author: Bryan Groenendaal
