Eskom warns of power instability, highlights corruption at failing plants - Parliament’s Scopa wants Eskom to provide a “road map” for when load-shedding will end, saying the committee cannot hold the state-owned entity accountable without a timeline
on Tuesday. “Due to the inherent unreliability that we are experiencing on the coal fleet, there is a strong likelihood that load-shedding will continue and that stages can change on short notice due to the potential loss of further generating capacity.”
Scopa chair Mkhuleko Hlengwa asked Eskom to provide a “road map” for when the rolling blackouts would end, pointing out that the committee could not hold the state-owned entity accountable without a timeline. “Corruption unfortunately is the gift that just cannot stop giving and it is with us to this day,” De Ruyter said, adding that graft had reached such a point that when Eskom implemented control measures to monitor its coal loads, the company overseeing the monitoring was offered a bribe to gain access to the control system.
In his presentation, De Ruyter named the top six power stations contributing to load-shedding — Tutuka, Duhva, Majuba, Kusile, Matla and Kendal. Tutuka, in Mpumalanga, which he said was “characterised by very significant criminality”, has an energy availability ranging between 15% to 17%.
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