“Proactive load shedding is necessary to protect and ensure the integrity of the system.” That was the message from Eskom Chief Operating Officer Jan Oberholzer upon moving South Africa to Stage 4 on Wednesday morning, as it races to replenish its reserve supply. Eskom burning diesel faster than it can refuelEskom has been burning through its emergency generation reserves at a far more rapid pace than it had originally planned for. The parastatal is currently using nine million litres of diesel per day – a rate it is burning through faster than it can refuel. Oberholzer said implementing Stage…

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