Improved generators and peaceful festive season contributing to less load shedding – Ramokgopa

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Johannesburg — Electricity Minister, Kgotsientso Ramokgopa, the country is currently experiencing less load shedding due to Eskom ramping up its maintenance of generating units.

Ramokgopa briefed the media on Thursday to discuss the implementation of the energy action plan after Eskom suspended rolling black outs last week Thursday, as is expected to remain the case until further notice. He added that the grid was now much healthier and the goal was to ensure that things stayed consistent, as reported by EWN.

“We are not seeing load shedding… we are working behind the scenes, we’re aggressive on maintenance, the system is performing but the point I want to make is the consistency because time and time again, I come to the nation and said there is a cluster of units that have failed… that is what we are trying to avert,” Ramokgopa said.

According to SABC News, Eskom is taking advantage of reduced demand by energy-intensive users during the December period to ramp up on planned maintenance. the minister said the grid was healthier by 3 000 MW but the system remained unreliable.

Ramokgopa reminded South Africans that many large industries were currently shut down for the festive period, reducing the heavy load on the grid, IOL reported.

We cannot really celebrate no load shedding while the South African economy is on a go-slow due to big industries shutting down in this period.” Ramokgopa said.

“However, while we are able to, we are accelerating maintenance to ensure that we sustain this positive streak when the big industries return.” he added.

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