average annual EAF | Energy | energy availability factor (EAF) | Eskom | Generation Recovery Plan | Kgosientsho Ramokgopa
Best news at Eskom in 9 years
Eskom achieved a major milestone in mid-June 2026 that hasn’t been seen since 2017.
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electricity | electricity tariffs | Energy | energy availability factor (EAF) | Eskom | Eskom bailouts
Eskom before and after President Cyril Ramaphosa
As was the case in the three years before Ramaphosa became president, Eskom has largely avoided load-shedding in 2025 and 2026. The reasons for the lack of power cuts are very different this time around, however.
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Eskom’s employee costs to produce the same amount of electricity increased by 1,195% since 1994
In 1994, Eskom paid its employees R17,892 to produce a gigawatt-hour (GWh) of electricity. By 2025, this amount had increased to R231,985.
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BizNews | Chris Yelland | EE Business Intelligence | Energy | energy availability factor (EAF) | Eskom
Eskom playing dirty with important number
A prominent energy expert has criticised Eskom for using an “instantaneous” energy availability factor (EAF) to punt its generating fleet performance improvements, claiming no such figure can exist.