Eskom Data: August 2025

Eskom data - August 2025 (finally)

I finally got a reply to my data request for August data (usually takes a few hours / days, this time several weeks)

Metrics looking good compared to the last few months, but not that far off where we were a year ago.

Very nice dip in unplanned outages.

EAF is up to best since July last year where it was slightly higher, but slightly better ratio of planned:unplanned since then so still a win.

similar for diesel use, big improvement for the last few months, but similar to last winter.

I'm guessing that another bigger than (I) expected dip in demand is an important factor here. Generation is only slightly up year on year, but demand is way down.

Overall Eskom deserves some of the crowing they've been doing recently (unplanned outages down = good), but in context things seem to be

a) similar to a year ago b) a lot less pressure due to reduced demand

So I'm maintaining my cautiously optimistic stance about future stability.