Eskom uses Covid-19 drop in electricity demand as chance to fix decrepit network

“With the Covid-19 lockdown in full effect, Eskom has experienced a significant reduction in demand for electricity. Electricity usage has dropped between 7,500 MW and 9,000 MW since the lockdown came into effect last week. This has allowed Eskom to operate without the need to implement load shedding,” explained the power utility in a statement.

“We have increased planned maintenance to 9,032 MW, while unplanned outages or breakdowns have been reduced to 8,572 MW as at 4.10pm on Wednesday.” In addition to the units that have already been taken offline in an effort to “protect the integrity of the system”, Eskom will also take Koeberg Unit 2 offline on Friday at midnight.

NtsikiMetseeme Why are they still switching off the lights in Diepsloot Ext.2?

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