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Eskom: Power situation eased
14/02/2008 20:39 - (SA)
Johannesburg - The power situation has eased somewhat in the past few days, Eskom said on Thursday.
There had been no load shedding since February 4, Eskom chief executive officer Jacob Maroga told reporters in Sunninghill, near Johannesburg.
However, Eskom did say having sufficient coal stockpiles was a serious challenge.
SA needed 45 million tons of coal over the next two years.
This pile had gone down from a 20-day supply to a four-day supply recently, said Eskom's Brian Dames.
He said before winter, the aim would be to get levels back up to 20 days - and if possible even a 35 day supply.
Maroga said mines were "voluntarily" reducing power by 10% for the next three years.
He also said Eskom would still stick to its agreement to supply electricity to the Alcan project at Coega in the Eastern Cape.
He did not say exactly how this would be achieved.
It would be a challenge to keep commitments to the projects: "Where we can reschedule we will reschedule", he said.
Eskom would not break any contracts unilaterally.
- SAPA
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