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#Eskom positive about load-shedding

───   16:55 Thu, 22 Oct 2020

#Eskom positive about load-shedding | News Article

Eskom expects the risk of load-shedding will reduce by December, as aggressive maintenance begins to bear fruit.


CEO André de Ruyter said at the power utility’s quarterly state of the system briefing, that it anticipates by December this year it would have performed adequate reliability maintenance to adequately reduce but unfortunately not eliminate the risk of load-shedding going forward.

 According to BusinessLIVE, the utility has ramped up maintenance from 3,000MW earlier in 2020 to close to 6,000MW now, with a particular emphasis on so-called reliability or long-term maintenance.

A major part of improving Eskom’s operation performance is repairing design defects at its two mega coal-fired power stations Medupi and Kusile.

De Ruyter said the results had so far been very promising and Eskom anticipates the plants will both be able to achieve the power output they were designed for.


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