Minister Ramokgopa dismisses De Ruyter's claims, credits orchestrated efforts for Eskom's turnaround, despite expert caution.
Minister Ramokgopa dismisses De Ruyter's claims, credits orchestrated efforts for Eskom's turnaround, despite expert caution.Minister of Electricity Kgosientsho Ramokgopa hit back at former Eskom chief executive André de Ruyter yesterday, saying the power utility’s turnaround was “orchestrated” rather than sudden.
“They’ve been here at Eskom were meant to achieve these numbers because of exceptional levels of incompetence, they’ve not been able to achieve this. “We have been deliberate on how to quickly return these three units. And as a result of returning them early, as per plan, we’ve got the benefit of an additional 2 400 megawatts and those are contributing to the resolution of this problem,” he said.
He said from 5 to 11 May, OCGTs were in use for four days, with just over R53 million spent on diesel. He labelled Kusile, Lethabo, Majuba, Matla and Medupi power stations as “consistently good performers” which had helped contribute to the EAF trend.
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