By Johnathan Paoli
ELECTRICITY Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has praised the state power utility Eskom for its achievement of an energy availability factor (EAF) of 70.78%, achieved for the first time in three years.
The EAF measures the performance of the country’s power stations and is an important indicator of the health of the grid.
Ramokgopa, during his weekly briefing on the Energy Implementation Plan, said the improved levels were due to the efficiency of planned maintenance, and had resulted in a substantially decreased reliance on Open-Cycle Gas Turbines (OCGTs).
He said between May 5 to 11, OCGTs were in use for just four days, with just over R53 million spent on diesel on those days.
He said the appropriation of 18% of the total generation capacity into planned maintenance at the beginning of the year, in addition to utilizing periods of low demand for further maintenance; is part of the
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