Saturday, May 3, 2008

Scepticism over load shedding about-turn

Eskom's suspension of load shedding has been welcomed, but the electricity supply problems had already done damage, analysts say. Many said it was too late to go back for consumers and businesses that lost millions of rands because of the power company's policy. And there was some cynicism about the utility's claims that the reason for the suspension was a reduction in demand. Eskom this week announced the suspension of all planned load shedding, although there could be emergency cuts. The reason given for Eskom's change in attitude is that the country's top 10 municipalities had together reduced demand by up to 8 percent. .


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