Eskom used 27 times more diesel in the first 5 months of 2022 than in 'whole 2016/2017 financial year'

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Eskom burnt 571,295,617 litres of diesel in the first five months of this year at a cost of R6.4bn.

Replying to written questions by GOOD MP Brett Herron, minister of public enterprises Pravin Gordhan said 273-million litres were consumed at Eskom’s Ankerlig and GourikwaAccording to Gordhan, this was at a cost of about R3.84bn.

“If you add that to the R3.84bn Gordhan said had been spent in the first five months of the year, it means Eskom burnt R5.3bn worth of diesel in the first half of the year. Herron said Eskom’s dependence on burning diesel was laid bare at Friday’s briefing by its executives, with its ability to procure enough diesel stock evidently regarded among its key performance indicators.Meanwhile, Cape Town is relying on its Steenbras hydroelectric plant to feed additional power into the grid to “shield” businesses and residents from the full impact of stage 6 power cuts.

Cape Town’s water and sanitation directorate has taken various measures to navigate the challenges and keep the system functioning during rotational power cuts. “However, with severe load-shedding [large areas without power], it is not logistically possible to prevent overflows entirely, in which case the operational teams do their utmost to contain and clean up such flows.

 

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