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In January Eskom controversially introduced "load shedding", planned rolling blackouts based on a rotating schedule, in periods where short supply threatens the integrity of the grid. Demand-side management has focused on encouraging consumers to conserve power during peak periods in order to reduce the incidence of load shedding. Following the national power shortage in Eskom embarked on an aggressive electricity production expansion program during the administration of President Jacob Zuma.

The Zuma administration decided to focus expansion efforts on building additional large scale six-pack coal-fired power plants. In Eskom stated it intended to pursue a nuclear solution to the country's energy shortage. According to projections from late , the use of nuclear power would provide over GW of power by In preparation, the company has launched a training program for technicians, engineers and artisans that will certify them as nuclear operators.

The government stated it will proceed with the plan but more slowly. In Eskom was the focus of a major corruption scandal involving the Gupta family and the administration of then President Jacob Zuma. The National Energy Regulator of South Africa denied an application by Eskom to increase electricity tariffs by a future The regulator instead granted a 5. Part of the refusal was the finding that Eskom had 6, more employees than needed, costing the company R3. In February , shortly after the announcement by government that the company would be broken up, Eskom initiated another round of emergency load shedding.

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Eskom stated that the load shedding was initiated due to breakdowns at power stations as well as the depletion of water and diesel resources. Other reasons cited included legacy issues from state capture corruption, coal availability, and that new power plants such as Medupi and Kusile were not yet operational. Eskom's logo has been an integral symbol of the company since its founding. For a brief period in Eskom had no logo when it was moving away from the company's original logo of stylised letters spelling "ESC" within a circle to the more contemporary version with a blue shield with a stylised lightning bolt in its center.

The logo was replaced in with its current logo that replaced the shield with a circle but otherwise keeping the logo as is. In his February State of the Nation address President Ramaphosa announced that government would be splitting up Eskom into three new state-owned entities focusing on generation, transmission and distribution. In a February briefing the Department of Public Enterprises stated that Eskom was " technically insolvent " and would not be able to operate past the next three months if it did not receive additional loans.

The transmission entity would be given its own board, by March 31, in which the transmission legal entity would be responsible for hearing legislative amendments in accordance to government law. This new transmission entity would involve up to 6, people that are responsible of setting up thousands of miles of "wires" and transmission lines that would ensure electricity from the power stations to where power is needed.

In response to feared job losses resulting from the breakup the trade union COSATU organised a national strike and called for a moratorium on retrenchments in the private and public sectors. Eskom has 16,, subscribers in South Africa, the only electricity utility in the country, comprising about one-third of the population. These structures are planned to distribute power to four power plants, and would introduce Eskom into the solar energy market.

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The African investment forum is backed up by corporate organizations and lenders, private donors, and the African Development Bank. The IRP supports a diverse energy mix with policy aimed to help aim to meet the need of South Africa's energy goals. The Integrated Resource Plan supports electrical infrastructure developments with an aim focused on renewable energy sources.

With failing power plants and coal not working as a viable solution, progress towards a greener future is in sight for South Africa. In agreement to the Paris Agreement, South Africa needs to reduce its carbon emission and cut-back from being dependent on Coal. This new initiative would allow loans to Eskom and below commercial rates on conditions that it would accelerate its closure of power plants and to start building renewable energy structures. In eight out of ten Eskom board members were controversially sacked by the Zuma administration.

Molefe [83] and Ngubane's [84] tenure was controversial for their involvement with the Gupta family and for allegedly allowing the company to become a vehicle for state capture. In and Eskom's negative financial situation became serious as income outstripped liabilities and the company started experiencing trouble raising money to cover costs.

For 72 hours between the 26 March and 29 March it was reported that Eskom had run out of funds thereby threatening to negatively impact the broader South African economy. The situation was alleviated once Eskom secured a R3 billion commercial loan which was paid back on the 2 April after the Reserve Bank disbursed R5 billion to Eskom through an emergency provision.

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On 28 March Moody's Investors Service downgraded Eskom's credit rating to B2 from B1 stating that it was concerned with "the lack of any tangible financial support for the company in the February state budget". Due to the company's large size and important role as the region's primary energy producer President Ramaphosa stated that Eskom was " too big to fail " as the reason why government had to continue to fund it despite its serious financial situation.

A number of South African municipalities are in significant arrears in paying Eskom for electricity supplied to them. The large amount owed to Eskom has caused significant controversy given the state utilities financial difficulties and repeated periods of load-shedding. The single largest South African municipality to owe Eskom for unpaid electricity is Soweto which owes R13 billion [] to R In response Eskom initiated a process of cutting off electricity to debtors in the city which resulted in violent public protests. Eskom continues to supply Zimbabwe during times of load shedding, and exports power while switching the lights off at home.

In the later months of South Africa started experiencing widespread rolling blackouts as supply fell behind demand, threatening to destabilize the national grid. From February to November blackouts were temporarily halted due to reduced demand and maintenance stabilization.

Load shedding was reintroduced in early November The Majuba power plant lost its capacity to generate power after a collapse of one of its coal storage silos on 1 November In June , there was Stage 1 load shedding along with a strike over wages. In February , a new round of load shedding began due to the failure of coal burning boilers at some power stations due to poor quality coal.

This resulted in long running periods of level 4 load shedding across the country in mid-March , including night-time load shedding. In December , load shedding reached a new high as Eskom introduced stage 6 load shedding for the first time.

On 11 December after Cyril Ramaphosa met with the Eskom board, he then announced that there was an element of sabotage involved where something was switched off that led to the loss of MW capacity. There was an immediate public outcry over this as people took to social media to blame incompetence as the cause and not the alleged sabotage that involved a simple switch that was switched off without anyone noticing and that caused a loss of MW capacity.

Eskom was forced to suspend its Chief Financial Officer Anoj Singh in July when the Development Bank of South Africa threatened to recall a R15 billion loan if no action was taken against Eskom officials including Singh who were involved in corruption allegations involving the Gupta family.

A report compiled by Eskom and G9 Forensic found that the two consulting firms including Gupta owned Trillian made R1. With pressure for Eskom to sign the first coal supply contracts with Gupta owned entities being applied on the state owned firm by then President Jacob Zuma. In January South African Minister for Public Enterprises, Pravin Gordhan , stated that cost overruns and corruption during the construction of Medupi and Kusile power stations was an important reason for the dramatic increase in Eskom electricity prices.

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