Eskom aiming to avoid load-shedding for next five months
In terms of a new plan, if unplanned outages can be kept to less than 9,500MW, there will be no load-shedding
Eskom and the government are aiming for no load-shedding until the end of August, with stage one being the worst-case scenario. Reporting back on the work of the Eskom technical review team, public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan said on Wednesday that there was now a better understanding of the challenges Eskom faced, as well as the possible solutions for these. Although the technical review team’s work is not yet done, and will require another week or two, it has played an “important role in sharpening our understanding as to what must be done to get better performance from Eskom power stations”, Gordhan said. The utility has been struggling to catch up on years of inadequate maintenance,which has led to a raft of operational issues and unplanned outages. March 23 marked the last day of load-shedding after 10 consecutive days of severe power cuts. It was the worst bout of load-shedding SA has experienced yet, with consumers and businesses suffering the impact. The long-delayed...
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