Technical review team to submit preliminary findings on power stations next week
The team was appointed to probe dysfunctional power stations following a series of black-outs
The technical review panel appointed by public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan and the Eskom board earlier this month to review the functioning of power stations will finish some of its work by early next week and will have some preliminary results. The Cabinet said in a statement on Friday following its meeting on Wednesday that these preliminary findings will assist Eskom and the government “to put in place a more rigorous programme of power-plant maintenance that will help stabilise the generation system over the next few weeks and months”. The 11-person technical review team investigated the operations, maintenance and technical environment at the ailing utility’s power stations, including Medupi and Kusile. Medupi, in particular, has been hobbled by design faults and delays. The team was appointed following persistent load-shedding due to the lack of sufficient electricity to meet demand. It examined plant unavailability due to scheduled maintenance and due to unplanned out...
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