VGBe’s report on Eskom contains ‘some inaccuracies’

The warning by the VGBe Consortium of technical experts appointed by National Treasury that 9 800MW of generation capacity could be lost to the grid at once if a dodgy water treatment plant that serves Medupi and its neighbouring power station Matimba fails is nonsense, according to Eskom.

Shunmagum was speaking at Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa’s regular briefing to update South Africans on progress related to the implementation of government’s Energy Action Plan. He did however confirm problems with the water treatment plant at Kendal Power Station. That has however been incorporated in the power station’s detailed recovery plan, he added.He said Eskom is preparing a strategic, tactical, and operational response to the report and will share some of the issues with the public.

It was only made public earlier this month because, according to Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana, it first had to be disseminated within government. Ramokgopa also seemed to downplay the report, pointing out that it is one of several reports – including one by a ministerial technical task team, another by the World Bank, and his own diagnostic report compiled after his appointment a year ago and after his visits to all the Eskom power stations.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

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