# Eskom says despite higher demand driven by inclement weather condtions, including a sharrise in evening consumption as temperatures dropped, with peak demand at times reaching nearly two-thousand-megawatts above anticipated levels, the system has remained stable. The power utility spokesperson, Daphne Mokwena says this has been achieved alongside the natural tapering of solar generation at sunset. She says this is in demonstrating enhanced operational resilience and improved capacity utilisation across the fleet:
Eskom sustains grid performance as cooler temperatures drive higher evening demand [SOUND]
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