--- title: Eskom marks 300 days without load shedding | daily.dev description: South Africa reached 300 consecutive days without load shedding, with Eskom reporting its energy availability factor at 65.85% for the financial year.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/eskom-marks-300-days-without-load-shedding-breucpwyo twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Eskom marks 300 days without load shedding | daily.dev og:description: South Africa reached 300 consecutive days without load shedding, with Eskom reporting its energy availability factor at 65.85% for the financial year.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/eskom-marks-300-days-without-load-shedding-breucpwyo og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/BREUcPWyO.png og:image:alt: Eskom marks 300 days without load shedding 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 marks 300 days without load shedding **[TechCentral](https://daily.dev/sources/techcentral)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary South Africa reached 300 consecutive days without load shedding, with Eskom reporting its energy availability factor at 65.85% for the financial year. Unplanned outages dropped 53% year-on-year to 7.22GW, and diesel expenditure fell by R8.58-billion (57.35%) compared to the prior period. Eskom holds 5.86GW in cold reserve. On the distribution side, illegal connections and meter tampering remain challenges, prompting a phased load reduction elimination programme targeting 971 feeders by 2027. So far, 444,062 smart meters have been installed nationally, though installation teams face violent resistance that has delayed around 122,000 conversions. Free basic electricity beneficiaries have grown 20% to an average of 582,110 this financial year. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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