Despite facing “less than ideal circumstances,” Eskom is making good strides towards sustainability and energy security.
These were the words of Eskom Chief Executive Andre de Ruyter during a media briefing on the state of South Africa’s electricity system.
The country has not faced load shedding since mid-November last year.
Unplanned outages, which have previously wreaked havoc on the electricity supply, currently stand at about 9392MW.
“This is the lowest that it’s been in a very, very long time and that’s a very positive reflection on the performance of our system. I think we are starting to see the results of the intervention of [power station managers] as a leadership team,” he said on Thursday.
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