Eskom has officially surpassed 365 consecutive days without implementing load shedding, marking the first time the milestone has been achieved since September 2018.
Eskom Board chairperson, Mteto Nyati, said the achievement follows three years of focused work under the utility’s generation recovery plan. “Eskom’s employees have again delivered using their deep technical and institutional capability built over decades of public investment that remains a critical part of our national capacity, which will now increasingly focus on delivering cleaner sources of energy,” Nyati said.
Eskom Group Chief Executive, Dan Marokane, described the milestone as a result of collaboration between employees and industry partners. Dan added that the delivery of this milestone again demonstrates that Eskom’s true progress is rooted in the expertise of its 40 000 people, our Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and other partners.
According to Eskom’s Group Executive for Generation, Bheki Nxumalo, the achievement reflects improved confidence and operational stability within the power utility. “The belief in ourselves and our pride has returned. Today represents the hardest-won progress in Eskom’s recent history and establishes a stable platform for continued performance improvement, achieved through consistent execution of maintenance and improvement of the reliability of each unit across the system,” Nxumalo said.
Compiled by Clement Matroos
