4 graphs which show how Eskom has fallen apart

[Kevin Lancaster]

4 simple graphs which show how Eskom has fallen apart

Eskom’s latest figures show how the company has fallen apart, with much higher electricity prices, lower generation capacity, and a massive increase in unplanned losses.

 

[Bryn]

These two are incredible:

 

[Ancalagon]

Just a pity that two of your graphs do not start at the origin.

 

[Fuzzbox]

What do the municipalities provide us with the margin they make on the electricity sales.
Surely this should rather go back to Escom for infrastructure builds.
If i read the graph right then a unit being 1kwh costs about 60c .
What does the municipality do with the 50c / kwh profit they make.
They don't have the same costs as Escom

 

[LazyLion]

R50 Million for Exec bonuses? They should be firing those idiots and hiring some competent people.

 

[Urist]

Just a pity that two of your graphs do not start at the origin.

yeah, Its very misleading to everyone not reading the figures. Which is the point of having a graph.
Its bad enough that its not growing, no need to exaggerate.

 

[Seriously]

eViva eAfrica! Where everything goes backwards until only the robots are left to be eaten by the remaining cows when they turn to green.

 

[grok]

Graphs and trends are only relevant in a western paradigm, Africa rewards incompetence.

 

[Nod]

What do the municipalities provide us with the margin they make on the electricity sales.
Surely this should rather go back to Escom for infrastructure builds.
If i read the graph right then a unit being 1kwh costs about 60c .
What does the municipality do with the 50c / kwh profit they make.
They don't have the same costs as Escom

This probably goes into RDP housing, buying of land for housing, "job creation" and other overheads that a more-and-more socialist system requires. Paying suppliers more for their BEE credentials also doesn't help.

 

[ProfA]

What do the municipalities provide us with the margin they make on the electricity sales.
Surely this should rather go back to Escom for infrastructure builds.
If i read the graph right then a unit being 1kwh costs about 60c .
What does the municipality do with the 50c / kwh profit they make.
They don't have the same costs as Escom

To think that during peak times I am charged R3+ per kwh.

 

[Sonic2k]

Don't need graphs to know what comes via logical deduction

 

[furpile]

What do the municipalities provide us with the margin they make on the electricity sales.
Surely this should rather go back to Escom for infrastructure builds.
If i read the graph right then a unit being 1kwh costs about 60c .
What does the municipality do with the 50c / kwh profit they make.
They don't have the same costs as Escom

They have to maintain the local supply grid, all the substations and switchgear and so forth. The cost is almost definitely too high though, and is used to supplement other departments in the municipality. Sadly, in some cases these are the KFC department and the FANCY CAR department.

 

[furpile]

yeah, Its very misleading to everyone not reading the figures. Which is the point of having a graph.
Its bad enough that its not growing, no need to exaggerate.

It would be misleading if there were no numbers on the graph. Having those graphs start at zero they would almost look like flat lines, which do not tell the story. The peak demand graph only has a drop of about 2000 MW, on a scale of 40000 that wouldn't really show. But that is a third of Medupi's power, which has more meaning.

 

[Pitbull]

These two are incredible:

And the reason they want such massive increases...

They want you to use less but pay more. In which farking dimension does that ever work? If you want to increase revenue, you need to increase output. Simple as that. Giving less and expecting the same is insane, giving less and expecting more is just farking retarded.

 

[Sonic2k]

And the reason they want such massive increases...

They want you to use less but pay more. In which farking dimension does that ever work? If you want to increase revenue, you need to increase output. Simple as that. Giving less and expecting the same is insane, giving less and expecting more is just farking retarded.

It does work, in the cANCer dimension....

 

[Bryn]

And the reason they want such massive increases...

They want you to use less but pay more. In which farking dimension does that ever work? If you want to increase revenue, you need to increase output. Simple as that. Giving less and expecting the same is insane, giving less and expecting more is just farking retarded.

Even worse is what it says about the state of our economy. Demand should be increasing every year.

 

[Chris.Geerdts]

Ironic that Eskom has spare cash to sponsor journalist-bashing debates

 

[richjdavies]

How's about this for zero-origin graphs...



Less news-worthy when it looks like that.

Still though - we're talking about 1.4% annual declines... which in economic terms would be considered a very harsh RECESSION.

Maybe that's the terminology we should be using? Power-recession...