In a statement, the power utility attributed the positive development to the ongoing structural improvements in the reliability of its generation fleet and planned maintenance efforts facilitated by the Generation Operational Recovery Plan initiated in March 2023.
Eskom announced that loadshedding remains suspended until further notice, marking 65 consecutive days without power cuts.This prolonged break surpasses the previous record set between 5 December 2021 and 2 February 2022., the power utility attributed the positive development to the ongoing structural improvements in the reliability of its generation fleet and planned maintenance efforts facilitated by the Generation Operational Recovery Plan initiated in March 2023.
It added that the use of open-cycle gas turbines remains lower compared to the same period over the past two years. The power utility spent R1.52 billion on OCGTs from 1 April 2024 to 30 May 2024, resulting in the production of 221.01GWh. This is 79% less than last year, when the company spent R7.1 billion to produce 1 159.8GWh.Eskom further added that its generation performance surpassed its winter forecast for this year. The winter forecast anticipated a likely scenario of unplanned outages at 15 500MW and loadshedding limited to Stage 2.
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