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Eskom has performed a remarkable turnaround with regard to its Energy Availability Factor (EAF), crossing 65% during this week.<\/p>\n

This is feedback from Chris Yelland, energy analyst and managing director of EE Business Intelligence, who outlined Eskom\u2019s impressive EAF improvement.<\/p>\n

The utility has managed to stave off load-shedding for over 50 days, beginning at the end of March.<\/p>\n

Many South Africans have been sceptical of this sudden improvement in Eskom\u2019s performance, especially with the general elections at the end of May.<\/p>\n

Chairman Mteto Nyati has been trying to convince the public that the utility\u2019s improved performance is sustainable and that Eskom is not playing political games.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not playing any political games. That is not who we are, and we are never going to start playing those games in the future,\u201d he has said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur focus is to help sort out the challenges facing our country. There is absolutely no connection between the two things.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yelland agreed with Nyati, saying conspiracy theories suggesting there was political interference at Eskom to turn it into an electioneering tool \u201care way off the mark\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cA company like Eskom, with thousands and thousands of employees of all different persuasions, makes it very unlikely, if not impossible, to sustain a secret conspiracy of this nature.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis would be obvious to people working there and living in the neighbourhood.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, he does think the elections had something to do with Eskom\u2019s recent change in behaviour and improved performance.<\/p>\n

Because South Africa was plunged into near-permanent load-shedding, Eskom became a political issue about a year and a half ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis issue demanded resolution because of the pending elections, which is good. It brought a sense of urgency to do what should always have been done,\u201d he told eNCA.<\/p>\n

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Chris Yelland, energy analyst and EE Business Intelligence MD<\/p><\/div>\n

In a social media\u00a0post<\/a><\/strong>, Yelland explained Eskom\u2019s turnaround further, using data to show the sustained decline in unplanned breakdowns and improved EAF.<\/p>\n

While Eskom\u2019s EAF is expected to improve going into winter as its seasonal maintenance conducted during summer winds down, its unplanned outages have been kept to a minimum.<\/p>\n

Yelland said the utility has managed to keep its unplanned breakdowns consistently five percentage points lower than that for the first 17 weeks of 2024.<\/p>\n

With units returning to service as Eskom winds down its maintenance, the utility\u2019s week-on-week EAF has shot up to over 65%, higher than the corresponding weeks in 2021, 2022, and 2023.<\/p>\n

Yelland described this turnaround as \u201ctruly remarkable\u201d, given where the utility has come from regarding its deteriorating performance.<\/p>\n

This indicates that Eskom has conducted more maintenance and that its repairs to units have been of higher quality.<\/p>\n

The utility has had a years-long problem of repairing units, only for them to trip shortly after returning to service due to poor maintenance quality.<\/p>\n

This appears to have been resolved, with Eskom collaborating with original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to conduct better maintenance.<\/p>\n

Eskom\u2019s dramatic EAF improvement can be seen in the graph below, courtesy of Chris Yelland.<\/p>\n

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This article was first published by Daily Investor<\/a><\/strong> and is reproduced with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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