Eskom says Cape Town and the Western Cape will enter winter 2026 with load-shedding off the table, after the utility said the province has been fully removed from load reduction schedules, Cape town Etc reports.
This is according to the latest Eskom winter outlook , published on 24 April, which covers 1 April to 31 August and says the power system is expected to stay stable through the season.
The utility linked that outlook to stronger plant performance, lower diesel use and fewer unplanned outages. Eskom said it has logged 341 consecutive days without load-shedding. Lifting its Energy Availability Factor to about 65.35 percent from 54.55 percent in FY2023 and cutting unplanned losses from 16.5GW to about 9.1GW.
