Minister Ramokgopa says the generation fleet’s performance is improving

The Minister of Electricity, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, says there is some improvement in the performance of the generation fleet.

Ramokgopa was briefing the media on the country’s energy action plan on Monday.

He stated that the improvement is due to the reduction in the intensity and frequency of loadshedding and the positive Energy Availability Factor trajectory.

The minister revealed that the country’s average dropped from around 17-thousand megawatts to 14-thousand megawatts.

He said they are set to continue focusing on sustaining this trajectory.

“Having sufficiently replenished emergency reserves over the weekend, Stage 2 load shedding will continue to be implemented until Monday 16:00. (Previously communicated that Stage 3 load shedding will be implemented at 4pm today until 5am)” 

Ramokgopa said the highest level of planned maintenance was performed between December 2023 and January 2024, reaching an average of 18% of the generation capacity.

“Although heightened maintenance negated the EAF, the deliberate spike in planned maintenance is aimed at improving the reliability of the generation fleet to deliver long-term benefits and ensure the security of energy supply,” he said.

 

Done by: Alungile Njemla