Eskom
Power utility Eskom said the suspension of load shedding has surpassed the 250-day mark, resulting in year-on-year diesel savings of R16.99 billion.
Spokesperson, Daphne Mokoena, said this achievement reflects the on-going success of comprehensive structural improvements within the coal-fired fleet.
She said this reinforces Eskom’s commitment to providing a reliable energy supply, enabling economic growth, and promoting long-term sustainability.
Mokoena said the December summer break approaching, Eskom has started to gradually increase its planned maintenance activities to further improve the reliability of the generation fleet.
She said savings on diesel were approximately 70.0% less than the R24.27 billion spent during the same period last year.
“Over the past week, the average total unplanned outages have been at 11 038MW, a significant improvement from the 14 475MW recorded during the same period last year, representing a reduction of 3 437MW.
“Today’s (Fri) unplanned outages are at 11 834MW, which is 1 166MW lower than the summer 2024 base case, indicating consistently improved operational efficiency week after week,” she said.
Mokoena said while load shedding remains suspended, Eskom continues to face network overloading issues in certain local areas due to illegal connections, vandalism, meter tampering, unauthorised network operations, theft of network equipment, and purchasing electricity from unlicensed vendors.
