The data further shows that electricity generation increased by 1.3% on a monthly basis in January 2023 compared with December 2022.
The statistical release contains information regarding the number of electricity units produced and consumed in South Africa, the number of units purchased and sold outside South Africa and the number of units distributed by Eskom on a monthly basis. Stats SA notes that electricity generation decreased by 2.8% in the three months ended January 2023 compared with the previous three months:.
The data further indicates that electricity distribution decreased by 7.3% on a year-on-year basis in January 2023.
The data further indicates that electricity distribution increased by 1.4% on a month-on-month basis in January 2023, after dropping significantly in December 2022.“Eskom has a much bigger problem which it’s going to have to confront and that is their metering systems have not been calibrated for a very long time and therefore the is a question mark in terms of the accuracy in measuring the electrons that go through those metering systems that they rely on.