--- title: Eskom lifts load reduction for 140 000 customers | daily.dev description: Eskom has lifted load reduction for 140,000 customers as part of a program targeting complete elimination by 2027. The utility has installed 299,236 smart... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/eskom-lifts-load-reduction-for-140-000-customers-zwnq8pxw1 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Eskom lifts load reduction for 140 000 customers | daily.dev og:description: Eskom has lifted load reduction for 140,000 customers as part of a program targeting complete elimination by 2027. The utility has installed 299,236 smart... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/eskom-lifts-load-reduction-for-140-000-customers-zwnq8pxw1 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ZwNQ8pXw1.png og:image:alt: Eskom lifts load reduction for 140 000 customers og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Eskom lifts load reduction for 140 000 customers **[TechCentral](https://daily.dev/sources/techcentral)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Eskom has lifted load reduction for 140,000 customers as part of a program targeting complete elimination by 2027. The utility has installed 299,236 smart meters nationally, with 104,000 on load reduction feeders, though progress faces delays due to community resistance. South Africa has experienced 266 consecutive days without load shedding, with energy availability factor reaching 65.03% and unplanned outages dropping by 4.2GW year-over-year. The improvements have reduced diesel expenditure by 43.6%, saving R4.8 billion compared to last year. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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