State-owned Eskom says it has reached an important milestone in its nationwide Load Reduction Eradication Programme, with five of the country's nine provinces now free from load reduction.
To date, more than 1.1-million customers have been removed from load reduction schedules, representing a 65.17% performance towards the programme's load reduction eradication target.
Originally implemented to address overloaded local networks and protect electricity infrastructure, the programme has removed 545 feeders from load reduction nationally, with the remaining load reduction areas concentrated largely in Gauteng, followed by KwaZulu-Natal.
Eskom says this milestone follows the successful elimination of load reduction in Mpumalanga, which has joined the Western Cape, Northern Cape, Free State and North West as provinces that are now free from load reduction.
The utility states that it is on track to eliminate load reduction in seven provinces by October, with national eradication targeted by March 2027.
