Minister of Electricity welcomes developments in generation performance
17 October 2023 - 10:45am
The Minister in The Presidency for Electricity, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, welcomes developments in Eskom’s generation performance following the return to service of Unit 1 at Kusile Power Station, ahead of schedule.
The return of the unit, which had been out of commission together with units 2 and 3 since August 2022 following safety concerns with the structural integrity of the stack, comes two months ahead of schedule and adds 800MW into the grid.
This marks significant overall improvements to generation performance with Kusile Unit 3, which came back online on 29 September 2023, also returning back to service two months ahead of schedule.
The third of the units (Unit 2) is now expected to similarly return to service in November 2023, whilst Unit 5 will come into commercial operation in December 2023.