Performance of Eskom's power plants rapidly deteriorating

[Hanno Labuschagne]

Performance of Eskom's power plants rapidly deteriorating

Eskom’s latest energy availability factor shows the power utility’s performance is rapidly declining, with big problems ahead to keep the lights on.

Energy analyst Chris Yelland revealed that Eskom’s EAF for the first 19 weeks of the year declined from 58.79% in 2022 to 52.56% in 2023.

[Daily Investor]

 

[VooDooC]

Wow captain obvious, you don't say...

 

[gogga_]

Preventative maintenance probably at zero now. Can't afford to stop anything that is running. Run everything into the ground.

ANC style. Much like they have done to South Africa. It is their way.

 

[newby_investor]

Sheesh. My solar panels can't come quickly enough.

 

[Priapus]

Preventative maintenance probably at zero now. Can't afford to stop anything that is running. Run everything into the ground.

ANC style. Much like they have done to South Africa. It is their way.

That is partly the issue, yes. To increase the EAF, Eskom needs spare capacity. Which it obviously doesn’t have.

Maths says this trend will continue for sometime. I just wonder where the bottom is.

 

[blah99]

This is what ANC voters wanted.

 

[Priapus]

Sheesh. My solar panels can't come quickly enough.

Won’t help much when the rest of the country goes to ****, due to power insecurities. It affects everyone, regardless if your house is on backup or not.

 

[ConfusedR]

Wow captain obvious, you don't say...

Yes. Very obvious and everyone needs to keep repeating the fact that Eskom is being destroyed by the ANC
But this is actually what the Africans had always wanted. Decolonization and that includes electricity.

 

[The_MAC]

All we need is another interest rate hike..

Oh wait, nevermind, we're on top of that one as well

 

[Pak Fa Fui]

But we are making 27-28000MW the past few days

 

[borro]

Must do gud job

 

[Decarin]

The electricity minister needs to tour the power stations again, apparently.

Are we going to see that EAF hit 40-ish percent this winter?

 

[Priapus]

But we are making 27-28000MW the past few days

Go away, troll.

 

[gogga_]

The electricity minister needs to tour the power stations again.

Lekker cushy job he's got. In order to keep his job ESKOM must continue to fail. Otherwise his job falls away. Win win for the POS.

 

[Gazg]

Preventative maintenance probably at zero now. Can't afford to stop anything that is running. Run everything into the ground.

ANC style. Much like they have done to South Africa. It is their way.

Dont worry the MOE will sort it all out!! /s

 

[Cranjus McBasketball]

But... but... De Ruyter's gone. Where's all that magical improvement?

 

[Velskoen]

All we need is another interest rate hike..

Oh wait, nevermind, we're on top of that one as well

And a renaming of something. Anything. That always helps the economy.

 

[Johand]

For all the people that talked about improved maintenance will make things better - you cannot drive a car 100 000km without servicing and then service it 5 times in a row and think it will be ok.

Mismanagement has shortened the expected lifetime of our coal powerstations.

 

[gogga_]

For all the people that talked about improved maintenance will make things better - you cannot drive a car 100 000km without servicing and then service it 5 times in a row and think it will be ok.

Mismanagement has shortened the expected lifetime of our coal powerstations.

Very well said. It's too late to save most of the ESKOM fleet because of the neglect since the ANC stuck it's nose into ESKOM.

 

[newby_investor]

Won’t help much when the rest of the country goes to ****, due to power insecurities. It affects everyone, regardless if your house is on backup or not.

You are not wrong.

But having light at night to read my bible will make me a bit happier as we wait for the end of days.