Eskom says it is open for ‘energy-intensive’ business

Despite having connected more than 162 000 new customers to the grid in the last nine months, State-owned power provider Eskom has still experienced a 1%, or 2 252 GWh, drop in energy demand. For this reason, Eskom interim CEO Matshela Koko has called on “energy-intensive” industry to reinvest in their local operations to use the surplus electricity Eskom currently harboured, noting that the company was “open for business”.