Eskom celebrates 441 days without load shedding
Does Eskom’s best performance in a decade – 441 consecutive days without load shedding, cutting diesel use to zero for two consecutive weeks and the highest energy availability factor (EAF) since 2017 – mean the dark times are over for the power utility?
Energy expert Chris Yelland said the new generation capacity from renewable energy has played a significant role in the reduction of load shedding.
Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse CEO Wayne Duvenage said the cessation of load shedding and improvement in the EAF was “largely due to about 6GW of electricity requirements being taken off Eskom’s grid and then to management impacts driven by improved generation capacity and maintenance”.
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