PUBLIC enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan says that instability around Eskom’s generating systems makes it difficult to give a timeframe as to when load shedding will end in South Africa – but insists that the government is working on a set of measures to create more certainty.
Answering in an oral parliamentary Q&A session on Wednesday (17 November), Gordhan said Eskom was dealing with units at power stations that create uncertainty: some units appear to be well functioning, but then sometimes stop working due to disruptions or other sudden factors.
Gordhan said that these issues would largely be mitigated when Eskom adds additional capacity to its grid.
“Load shedding is going to be significantly less likely if Eskom has 4,000 – 6,000MW extra available so that these (incidents) – intentional or otherwise – can then be absorbed as part of the malfunctioning of certain units.”
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