JOHANNESBURG – Struggling power utility Eskom promised to ramp-up the maintenance of its neglected generation units in the next seven months to ensure that the country had enough power to sustain its economic demands.
Chief operating officer Jan Oberholzer said customer usage generally changed from peak usage during winter to a reduced but sustained flat demand all day in summer. “What we plan to do is to keep our unplanned maintenance, the breakdowns, to below 9 500 megawatts,” Oberholzer said. “An increased usage of diesel and power storage at our plants may cause a problem if we are forced to use them, but what is important is we rely on customers to use electricity sparingly.”
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