Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter says the power utility is trying its best to bring a speedy end to load-shedding, but there are significant challenges.
While stage 4 load-shedding is expected for most of the week, De Ruyter said by Friday they hope to move to stage 3 from 5am to midnight and stage 2 from midnight to 5am.
“If all our units return as planned we intend to reduce load-shedding for the weekend to stage 2 around the clock.”“Unfortunately due to the unlawful strike, we have suffered significant backlogs in maintenance, and we had to operate plants under conditions which are less than ideal. It will therefore take a number of weeks to fully recover,” he said.
He said the lack of operating and maintenance staff during the strike resulted in inadequate essential maintenance “No routine maintenance was performed at these stations during the strike. Koeberg unit 2 has further been delayed and is only expected to return by the end of the month,” he said. Oberholzer said they have four generators out of service due to boiler tube leaks but the units are expected back during the week.
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