SA power problems loom

[semiautomatix]

Johannesburg - South Africans can expect renewed power supply problems from 2011.

Erica Johnson, head of customer relations at Eskom, says the utility does not anticipate problems with power supply for the next 12 months.

But from 2011 and 2012 onwards capacity would not meet demand, she warned.

http://www.fin24.com/articles/default/display_article.aspx?ArticleId=1518-25_2563691

Needless to say this isn't unexpected, and it probably another stalling technique to get more money out of us. However, this annoys me:

Last year the power utility indicated that it no longer wanted the responsibility for nuclear power, and handed this task back to government.

On Tuesday Eskom also suggested that government delay its decision on a new nuclear facility by another two years.

Who the hell are these twats who are incapable of even building a single new coal station to tell the government to stall a plan which will take over ten years at best?

Furthermore, Makwana said, Eskom would not be building the next coal-fired power station previously planned.

So they're not building nuclear, they're not building coal, what the hell are they building?

It would also no longer carry the responsibility for repairing and maintaining roads.

Trucks transporting coal to Eskom's power stations cause huge damage to the roads.

In its original tariff application Eskom indicated that it wanted to finance the repairing of roads through the power tariffs.

Eskom now says that this role must be left to the relevant governments or provincial departments.

And once again Johnny Taxpayer gets shafted.

These dumbasses just cannot get it right. I guess nuclear power in 10 years is our only hope since Eskom appears to be incapable of even keeping its current plants up and running.

 

[Good Life]

NEW SA = failure

 

[Blaze786]

Who needs power when you have a new 7 series beemer?!

 

[Pitbull]

I have no idea how people buy into this shyt?

How can there be problems if there aint no problems now? Yes if they approve more buildings onto the current grid then I see it happening. My problem however is this:

They cut power meaning less consumption, which leads to less payment, which means loss in revenue for them. So they actually lose more than we do. They are using scaring tactics to get their increase. Fk them, let them cut our power for a year and we'll see. We'll still be here Eskom won't