Illegal connections cost Eskom a huge amount of money in its last financial year.
Eskom lost approximately 14,000GWh of electricity sales, equivalent to R5.6 billion, to illegal connections and the like during the 2022/23 financial year.
“The overall energy theft for the 2022–23 Financial Year non-technical losses is 13,396GWh and is equivalent to R5,607,441,692.” “In the Financial Year 2022/23 – 28% of all unplanned outages that Eskom responded to were related to theft and vandalism and illegal connections,” Eskom said.The state-owned power utility also spends millions normalising areas with illegal connections, and this financial year is no different.“In 2023/24, Eskom spent R65.9 million to date, normalising areas with illegal connections. The Financial Year for 2023/24 ends in March 2024, the process is still ongoing.
“If we can break this down, we will save two stages of load-shedding. We are hard at work profiling these entities,” Mathe stated.Illicit activities like cable theft and illegal connections are worsening Eskom’s already poor financial situation.for the 2022/23 financial year, effectively doubling the loss it reported for the year prior.
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