JOHANNESBURG - Eskom said that it had no choice but to continue with rolling blackouts because it could not compromise the maintenance of its aging fleet of power stations.
The power utility presented the state of its system at a briefing from Megawatt Park on Monday afternoon. It said that planned maintenance was satisfactory between 2010 and 2014 but poor between 2018 and 2020.COO Jan Oberholzer said that there was always a risk of 50% unplanned outages and only maintenance could prevent that.
Oberholzer said that it was important to ensure the reliability of the old fleet and to improve the performance of new stations.Download the Eyewitness News app to your iOS or Android device.
nthakoana Nonsense. Start introducing the renewable energy mix. Creates jobs, is far cheaper and is clean energy!
nthakoana Stage 1 during the day... Stage two at night equates to stage 4...high time people stopped paying for junk service
nthakoana Imagine if the public suddenly says 'no choice but to stop paying'? We're paying for a service we aren't getting!!!
nthakoana Welcome to the Africanized state.
nthakoana Failed State