Generation Recovery Programme News Today

State power utility, Eskom, says it is working hard to address the causes of persistent breakdowns at power stations and ensure that the higher stages of load shedding are reduced.

Eskom anticipates pressure in the grid due to the cold front making its way into many parts of the country this weekend.

Eskom says it is working around the clock to avoid higher stages of loadshedding although it is implemented as a last resort.

Power utility says system remains under severe pressure and there is a high possibility that loadshedding will continue at varying stages

In a court affidavit, former Eskom CEO André de Ruyter explains the policies that led to South Africa's loadshedding crisis.

While Eskom continues to make major positive strides and delivering key milestones in its plan to operational recovery, the road to sustainability will still be long and hard. Major projects and outages undertaken this year will continue to exert pressure on the supply side, raising the risk of loadshedding in the short term. These outages, however, are necessary interventions that will deliver long term benefits and the security of energy supply. “Despite our good performance in recent we...

Power utility Eskom has warned that the road to operational recovery and sustainability will be long and hard.

Eskom remains focused on recovering its operational performance March 15, 2021NEWS The power system remains vulnerable and volatile but the risk of loadshedding is expected to be significantly reduced after September 2021, when Eskom’s reliability maintenance programme will be completed. The power entity says it’s making progress in the recovery of its operational performance, with its Generation Recovery Programme (9-Point Plan) and reliability maintenance recovery (RMR) programme be...

Advertisement Eskom is making progress in the recovery of its operational performance, with the implementation of the Generation Recovery Programme (9-Point Plan) and reliability maintenance recovery (RMR) programme beginning to yield the desired outcome. Despite the initial challenges posed by COVID-19 lockdown, high levels of maintenance have been sustained with planned maintenance gradually increasing to between 5500 MW and 7000 MW or approximately 12%. “While there is an improvement on s...