Eskom has spent R7.7-billion over the past six months burning diesel in efforts to ease rolling blackouts.
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Government’s plans to end recurring power cuts could take at least a year to deliver results, a top executive at Eskom said on Monday.
The unlawful industrial action at Eskom’s power stations is costing South Africa three stages of load shedding, CEO André de Ruyter said.
A powerful cold front, which has caused temperatures to plummet across South Africa, has forced Eskom to escalate load shedding to include daytime cuts.
Eskom lost another generating unit at the Kusile power station on Monday afternoon, forcing the state-owned utility to escalate load shedding to stage 4.
Eskom chief operating officer Jan Oberholzer has warned that the current bout of load shedding could get worse if there are further plant breakdowns.
Eskom chief operating officer Jan Oberholzer has pleaded for an end to talk shops and for an urgent start to building new electricity generation capacity.
Eskom has had four fewer days of load shedding in 2022 to date, compared to the same period in 2021, though the extent of the rolling power cuts has been more severe.
The state-owned power utility is burning through nine million litres of diesel a day to support the system during the current generation crisis.
Eskom’s rolling power cuts will drag on until at least next Monday – meaning almost a full week of load shedding, after the utility started cutting the power at 5pm this past Monday.