The seasonally adjusted electricity production decreased by 2.4% for the second quarter of this year compared with the previous quarter.
There was a month-on-month (m/m) increase of 1.5% in electricity production in June‚ following a m/m increase of 0.5% in May.
Figures showed that the seasonally adjusted electricity consumption decreased by 2.5% for the second quarter of this year compared with the previous quarter.
A m/m increase of 1.2% was recorded for June‚ following a m/m increase of 0.2% in May.
A y/y decrease of 3.1% in the actual volume of electricity consumption was recorded for June.
The total volume of electricity delivered by Eskom to the provinces decreased by 2.8% in June compared with June last year.
Decreases were reported in eight of the nine provinces‚ with the largest volume decrease recorded for KwaZulu-Natal (-212 Gigawatt-hours)‚ followed by Gauteng (-161 Gigawatt-hours) and Mpumalanga (-129 Gigawatthours).