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[1/8] Electricity prices will rise by 18% this year even as Eskom plunges us into #Stage6loadshedding.
What’s going on? AmaBhungane’s @sajournalist explains why the crisis is likely to continue:
#Stage6loadshedding #Loadshedding
What’s going on? AmaBhungane’s @sajournalist explains why the crisis is likely to continue:
#Stage6loadshedding #Loadshedding
[2/8] In December, Eskom ran out of money to buy diesel for the open cycle gas turbines which provide electricity when demand surges in the evenings.
Although it felt like a bad month – with only 46 hours where we DIDN’T have #loadshedding – it could have been a lot worse.
Although it felt like a bad month – with only 46 hours where we DIDN’T have #loadshedding – it could have been a lot worse.
[3/8] Here’s why: Eskom still had some diesel left in December. Added to this, PetroSA gave Eskom 50 million litres.
But December was a busy month, and between Eskom and the IPPs, we burned through roughly 100 million litres of diesel.
But December was a busy month, and between Eskom and the IPPs, we burned through roughly 100 million litres of diesel.
