The minister of electricity Dr KgosientshoRamokgopa says apart from ending poweroutages, his department is focused on creating more capacity for next winter.
“So, our task is two-fold; the first one is that in the shortest possible space of time we end loadshedding and then make it possible that we are creating additional capacity and a buffer as we enter the next winter season.”“Demand went up and generation plummeted and that’s what necessitated and led to stage 6 loadshedding. And of course, it doesn’t help that we had not replenished our resources which are water for our pump storage and issues around open cycle gas turbines,” he said.
Ramokgopa said that there are units that would be returning to service to provide an additional 1,305 megawatts. He also touched on the criminal, security and safety issues that Eskom experiences.“Over the period between April 2022 to date, there are 2,147 Eskom cases that have been reported to the police About 1,586 of these are under investigation and since that period, 126 arrests have been made so you can see that it’s gradual, yet meaningful progress that has been made,” he said.
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