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Energy Tracker August 2025: Fragile gains must give way to a more sustainable recovery.
- Load-shedding returned briefly at the start of 2025 and was less intense than in earlier periods.
- Demand for energy continues to decline, signifying a structural break from reliance on Eskom. Only modest improvements have been made on the supply front.
- Prioritising planned maintenance has improved efficiencies, lifting the average Energy Availability Factor (EAF) to 59% in the first 7 months of 2025.
- Generation capacity is still constrained. A more dramatic shift towards renewable energy (RE) is required to reduce the pressure on the national grid.
- Ongoing energy insecurity is evident in the reliance on the compensatory load and still significant levels of unplanned outages.
- Expediting progress on the plethora of energy plans is required to bring about energy security.