Eskom raises energy availability factor to 67.78%, highest level in six years [SOUND]

# Eskom says the energy availability factor has risen to 67,78-percent year-to-date, marking its highst level in six year. The power utility’s spokesperson, Daphne Mokwena says unplanned outages has also declined from 26.61-percent to 19.43-percent compared to the same period last year. She says improved fleet reliability and availability have restored three-thousand-500-megawatts of generation capacity to the grid and reduced diesel expenditure by 4.8-billion-rand: