# Eskom says South Africa’s power grid performed reliably in October, with the Energy Availability Factor rising to 65.9-percent, up 3.66-percent from last year. Koeberg Unit 1 returned to the grid, boosting baseload capacity, while diesel use dropped sharply. Unplanned outages fell by one-thousand-69-megawatts compared to 2024. Eskom spokesperson Daphne Mokwena confirmed 168 consecutive days without load-shedding and confirmed plans to return two-thousand-400-megawatts ahead of the evening peak on Monday:
Eskom reports strong grid performance and 168 days without load-shedding [SOUND]
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