Winter recedes and the demand of electricity drops, planned maintenance, accompanied by rolling blackouts, will be ramped up
Electricity consumption dropped by 3.2% year-on-year in June, because of plant breakdowns and unscheduled maintenance
The electricity that was generated in March this year decreased more than 5% compared to March 2022
The electricity minister’s plan will be discussed at a special cabinet meeting called by President Cyril Ramaphosa
Eskom has implemented rolling blackouts to ease pressure on the national grid as its generating units struggle to keep up with demand
Coal still dominates the domestic energy mix, providing 81.4% of the total system load, according to the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
Continued blackouts highly likely on Wednesday and Thursday, the energy entity added