Eskom says more than 140 000 customers are no longer subject to load reduction during peak periods, as the utility makes progress on a programme to eliminate the practice entirely by 2027. Load reduction – distinct from load shedding – is a targeted measure Eskom uses in areas plagued by illegal connections, meter tampering and overloaded…
The Koeberg nuclear power station north of Cape Town. Image: Eskom Eskom has said operations at the Koeberg nuclear power station were scaled back on Tuesday afternoon following a fault on a transmission line near Stellenbosch, but stressed that the incident posed no risk to the reactors or national grid stability. Both units at South…
Eskom’s Kendal coal-fired power station. Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters Eskom on Friday reported profit after tax of R24.3-billion for the six months to the end of September, roughly 37% higher than the same period last year. In September Eskom reported its first full-year profit in eight years after a sudden turnaround in the performance of its coal-fired…
Government and state-owned power utility Eskom are embarking on what they describe as an aggressive roll-out of infrastructure to end the “load reduction” of electricity within the next 12-18 months. “We will end load reduction in 12 months if there is absolute cooperation by communities… [but] there are parts where will get resistance,” energy minister…
Destruction at the scene of an explosion at the Medupi power station in August 2021 The chance of a return to load shedding this winter has been reduced after Eskom announced it successfully reintegrated Medupi’s unit 4 into the national grid late on Sunday evening. The state-owned power utility said in a statement that unit…
