Eskom Data: January 2026

Eskom data - January 2026

We skipped December as Eskom stopped publishing data in November and didn't fix it for several weeks.

Starting with a highlight: best EAF in January since June 2020!

Lowest use of emergency diesel on record? I have one lower value in Nov 2020 but I think that's a data glitch. Last month we never generated more than 411MW with the OCGTs.

demand and generation still at very record lows though, so we're still playing on easy mode in terms of high availability factor and low backup generator use. I'm interested to see what happens in July when the private solar drops off.

also nice to see Koeberg performing at near full capacity for the last 3 months. A small dip in jan from a brief outage but seems to have been quickly resolved.

Hopefully they figure out the long-term plan for the waste in one of the coming decades..

Otherwise not much to say. Things look OK for now. Yay for getting back into the green zone on my dial for the first time since I added it.

This data and more at my site unofficialeskom.com - feel free to tag me with any questions.