State-owned electricity utility Eskom this week claimed that there had been a steady improvement in the energy availability factor (EAF) at its power stations, reporting “preliminary figures” indicating an EAF of 76.37% from the start of its financial year to May 3, 2016. The group’s financial year runs from April 1 to March 31. In one of it regular Power Alerts, Eskom said the monthly EAF had been improving steadily since October 2015, when it was recorded at 69.87%. The utility said it had recovered to 76.25% by April.
