Eskom Projects No Power Cuts This Winter, Warns of Lingering Risks

South Africa’s state power utility said it should be able to avoid instituting electricity cuts this winter thanks to a marked improvement in the performance of its plants, while highlighting longer-term supply risks and mounting overdue debt as key concerns.

Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. projects no outages between April and August, and should be able to maintain about 6 gigawatts of surplus generation capacity during peak usage times, Chief Executive Officer Dan Marokane said in an interview on Wednesday.