Eskom aims to avoid load-shedding this summer, COO says
Jan Oberholzer says the power system benefited from low demand for most of winter due to warmer temperatures and the poor economy
04 September 2019 - 12:18
Eskom management’s core focus for the coming summer months is to avoid load-shedding.
At Eskom’s system status briefing at Megawatt Park on Wednesday, acting CEO and chair Jabu Mabuza applauded the power utility for not implementing load-shedding for the past 164 days. This was despite Eskom’s winter plan making provision for a maximum of 26 days of stage one load-shedding...
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