Energy Intensive User Group’s Shaun Nel also attributed the current load-shedding to plant failure.
“Eskom is not generating enough energy so when we do our planned maintenance‚ we don’t go into load-shedding. We are short of nearly 20‚000 megawatts on any given weekend. Breakdowns take away 14‚000MW. We only import 1‚000mw from Mozambique…poor maintenance led to this‚” Yelland said.
Both Nell and Yelland called on Eskom and government to look for alternative energy providers that could supplement the country’s shortfall.
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