Eskom warns of tough times for power ahead

[QuintonB]

Electricity is going to be tight in the coming days: Eskom

Eskom has kept the country’s lights on for five weeks, following a gruelling period of load shedding during winter, but some trouble lies ahead.

 

[satanboy]

yada yada....same old stories from Eskom

 

[diabolus]

/hiketariffs /paymore /use-less /useless .... the Eskom mantra , and there's nothing we can do but /takeit .

It is "tough times" already, so i really wonder how long it is before everyone will reach a point of apathy when Eskom tries to explain for the 1000th time why another generator failed.

We already know why.

 

[bekdik]

Butt covered.

 

[ItherNiT]

so expect some load shedding...

 

[Jings]

Obvious statement. Each of every outage we've had has been planned by Eskom. Unplanned outage equals blackout. I wonder if they're still importing sub standard coal and exporting the quality stuff.

“Eskom will utilise its emergency reserves to augment the capacity shortfall as a result of this planned outage.”

 

[diabolus]

Obvious statement. Each of every outage we've had has been planned by Eskom. Unplanned outage equals blackout. I wonder if they're still importing sub standard coal and exporting the quality stuff.

Of course, here's their "emergency reserve" , followed by even more failures because of it:
http://mybroadband.co.za/news/energ...ity-tests-eskom-gives-it-r4-billion-deal.html

Gupta’s coal mine fails quality tests – Eskom gives it R4-billion deal

The report states that the Gupta mine linked to the multi-billion rand deal had failed coal quality tests four times, before being awarded the lucrative deal on the fifth try.

 

[Jings]

Of course, here's their "emergency reserve" , followed by even more failures because of it:
http://mybroadband.co.za/news/energ...ity-tests-eskom-gives-it-r4-billion-deal.html

Probably some funds exchanged hands because most certainly Eskom is losing money where the quality is below par. Not the mention increased CO2 emissions into the environment.

 

[Seriously]

cANChing. We hit the ANC jackpot yet again! How lucky we are.......

 

[Skyelmad]

Sure Eskom... We are already in tough times you just want increases... Now be a good boy and bugger off.

 

[Lazy]

It's easy, whenever there's a tariff review coming, we'll be loadsheded until kingdom come. When the tariff's are approved or declined, lead shedding appears to end.

That's my view on what happened this year and by golly fact is stranger than fiction so I'm sticking to it, lol.

 

[ponder]

Not for the guptas though, smiling all the way thanks to #1.

 

[ProAsm]

**yawn** !

 

[lucifir]

we had no load shedding for the past month cause they knew it was bonus time ... now thats over ... its back to screwing the pubic over

 

[milo69]

Can our economy take further load shedding?

 

[Sonic2k]

Shame, Eishkom wants more money again... gotta give the Gupta family their cut for that lucrative deal they just signed.

 

[grok]

Can our economy take further load shedding?

Continuing a steady decline, South Africa has slipped from 42nd place in 2000 to 96th in the latest global index which measures economic freedom.

Guess not.. but that fact alone ain't gonna stop the downwards slide.

 

[The_Unbeliever]

Gupta coal quality that bad, eh?

 

[heartbroken]

Eskom can suck my ballzz

 

[Jings]

Eskom can suck my ballzz

Not during loadshedding. Sucking ballzz takes up power.