Eskom clarifies reduced diesel usage and system performance [SOUND]

# Eskom says it is concerned about the ongoing misinformation about its system performance and diesel consumption, reiterating that it continues to share transparent, data-based updates on its operations every Friday. The power utility is forced to burn billions of rands worth of diesel due to its generation fleet not being reliable enough to produce enough electricity consistently. Eskom’s spokesperson, Daphne Mokwena, says diesel continues to be used strategically, with Open-Cycle Gas Turbines forming an integral part of the generation fleet: