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source: News24
08/05/2008 17:29 - (SA)

Cape Town - Power cuts in the winter months ahead are unlikely if the present power saving trends continue, according to Public Enterprises Minister Alec Erwin.

The overall savings target remains 10%, and the key factor is the behavioural changes that are crucial in the short-term, he told a media briefing at parliament on Thursday.

Erwin said the reason Eskom was able to stop the scheduled load shedding was that “we’re starting to see good performance on the savings”.

“I think the working group with the top 10 customers is really going well. The industrial customers have been hitting the 10% target quite easily.”

The introduction of energy efficient equipment would be very important, he said.

“So some of the work we’re doing with the top ten customers is to improve their metering processes to allow for various implements to be put in that can manage the [continue reading]