Eskom said loadshedding remains suspended, amidst ongoing planned maintenance, which has decreased the likelihood of unplanned outages.
From 7 to 10 April 2025, average unplanned outages were reduced to 13,105 Megawatts (MW), showing a significant improvement of 1,691MW compared to the same period last year.
As of Friday, unplanned outages have significantly decreased by 2,044MW, currently at 11,564MW compared to 13,608MW last week.
The available generation capacity stands at 28,662MW, while Friday’s peak demand was estimated at 26,788MW.
From 1 to 10 April 2025, the year-to-date EAF stands at 56.11%, slightly below compared to the same period last year (57.16%), mainly due to higher planned maintenance.
Year-to-date (1 to 10 April 2025), Eskom spent approximately R1.34 billion on fuel for the Open-Cycle Gas Turbines (OCGTs) fleet, generating 228.33GWh.
This is higher than the 64,09GWh generated during the same period last year. This is expected to decrease as maintenance activities begin to slow down.
The OCGT load factor increased to 29.95% in the past week (4 to 10 April 2025), up from 22.69% recorded between 27 March to 3 April 2025.
This is higher than the 9% recorded during the same period last year.
Year-to-date (1 to 10 April 2025), the OCGT load factor is 27.87%, higher than last year’s figure of 7.82%.