Eskom planned maintenance ramped up to 9 000 MW over festive season

6th January 2016

By: Natalie Greve

Creamer Media Contributing Editor Online

  

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Energy utility Eskom successfully conducted maintenance on 9 000 MW of its plant capacity during the festive season, leveraging off the seasonal drop in the demand for electricity and overshooting its original target of between 6 000 MW and 8 000 MW.

The parastatal said in a statement this week that it was able to meet the country’s electricity demand while performing the requisite maintenance, with maintenance conducted owing to unplanned outages sustained at below 4 900 MW.
 
“While business activities across the country starts to trickle back on from this week, planned maintenance will also be reduced to accommodate the increasing demand in electricity,” it said.
 

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Edited by Chanel de Bruyn
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor Online

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