Quarterly System Status Briefing Winter Status - Brian Molefe Chief Executive 17 June 2015
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Overview • Eskom has continued to supply up to an average of 96% of electricity in the country during the first half of 2015 and will continue to do so in Winter • We endeavour to do maintenance with no or minimal load shedding this winter • Notwithstanding, we have an aging and volatile plant : - the cold weather increases demand, which pushes our plant to run at 100% capacity for extended periods, further exacerbating unplanned outages - maintenance will put an already strained system under further pressure • Up to 5 500 MW of planned maintenance will be performed, three times more than previous winters • Every effort is being made to reduce plant breakdowns (unplanned maintenance) to allow for planned maintenance • Medupi unit 6 is on track towards commercialisation and supplies up to 800 MW to the grid, while still in test (synchronisation) mode • There is no prospect of a blackout in South Africa 4
Eskom is committed to supplying the country and minimising the risk of load shedding • During the first-half of the year, an average of 96% of electricity was supplied in the country when load shedding in Stage 2, despite a higher demand during this period, compared to last year • Generating performance was slightly better than expected • Open cycle gas turbines were used extensively, with the highest usage in May • Independent Power Producers continue to play an important role, contributing about 1 827MW to the grid at a time when the power system is constrained • Renewable energy contributed about 1 300 MW during the day, of which 800 MW was from solar and 500 MW from wind. • Benefits from the Build Programme contribute to the grid: 100 MW from Sere, and up to 800 MW from Medupi during peak periods 6
Despite load shedding on average in Stage 2, Eskom supplied 96% of electricity during the first half 100% Key insights 90% • In the recent 80% months, Eskom Not had to implement 70% Supplied regular load 60% shedding due to Demand the unavailability 50% of some of the generation units 40% • Eskom supplied 30% on average 96% 20% of the demand during the period 10% 0% Jul-14 Jun-14 Jan-15 Feb-15 Mar-15 Aug-14 Sep-14 Nov-14 Dec-14 May-14 Oct-14 Apr-14 Apr-15
We had forecast a high probability of load shedding on most days Jan-15 Feb-15 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 1 2 3 *4 *5 6 7 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8 9 10 * 11 12 13 14 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 * 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 25 * 26 * 27 28 29 30 31 Mar-15 Apr-15 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 12 13 * 14 * 15 * 16 17 18 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 19 20 21 22 * 23 24 25 29 30 31 26 27 28 29 30 Adequate generation capacity available to meet May-15 demand and reserves Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 Constrained generation capacity with sufficient 3 4 5 *6 *7 8 *9 supply to meet demand and reserves. Medium 10 * 11 12 13 * 14 15 16 probability of load shedding 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Insufficient generation capacity unable to meet 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 demand and reserves. High probability of load 8 shedding
Actual system status: We performed better than expected for January - April 2015 No load shedding Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 * stage change Jan-15 Feb-15 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 1 2 3 *4 *5 6 7 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8 9 10 * 11 12 13 14 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 * 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 25 * 26 * 27 28 29 30 31 Mar-15 Apr-15 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 12 13 * 14 * 15 * 16 17 18 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 19 20 21 22 * 23 24 25 29 30 31 26 27 28 29 30 May-15 Key insights Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat • With the exception of May, the lights were 1 2 kept on, most days 3 4 5 *6 *7 8 *9 • Even during load shedding, 96% of the 10 * 11 12 13 * 14 15 16 country had electricity 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 • During the month of May, on average, load 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 shedding was implemented for only 6 hours 9 in a 24-hour day
Contents Introduction Half-Year Performance Winter Outlook Build programme Conclusion
Winter outlook: While the system will be tight, Eskom will only implement load shedding as a last resort • Winter 2015 is likely to be colder than last year, with a higher expected demand in electricity during the peak periods. • We anticipate to supply 100% of electricity most days and 96% during peak periods from 6am to 10am and 5pm to 10pm. • Even during the cold front that hit from Wednesday, 3 June, Eskom implemented only 5 hours of load shedding on Sunday, 7 June. This after 10 consecutive days of no load shedding. • The recent load shedding from Monday, 8 June 2015 to Friday, 12 June 2015 was the result of an increase in demand and an increase in unplanned breakdowns • Localised power outages in urban areas and illegal connections generally increase during winter due to increased levels of customer demand and hence cause greater stress on the system. 11
Winter outlook: continued While the system will be tight, Eskom will only implement load shedding as a last resort • We will continue with maintenance during winter, three times more than previous winters. • We will continue to use all available resources: Independent Power Producers (including renewable energy), Open Cycle Gas Turbines and Demand Market Participation. • To date wind energy contributes between 300 MW to 500 MW during the day and solar energy about 800 MW. • Industrial customers continue to contribute an average of 10% savings • Coal stock levels are healthy at all but three stations. The average stock level days as at 8 June is 50.4 days against an average target of 51.2 days 12
In Winter, more electricity is used during the morning and evening peak periods Insights Summer and winter load profiles • In Winter, the demand/load profile increases and peaks during the morning and evening, as more electricity is Increase in used during these periods demand • In Summer, the risk of load from 5pm to 10 pm shedding is longer and for Increase in most of the day demand from 6am to 10am • In Winter, the risk of load shedding is for shorter periods and only during the peaks • The generating plant generally performs better in winter, as the cooler temperatures have less impact on the equipment • As the greatest demand is during the peak, 4% of South Africans could be impacted by load shedding from 06:00- 10:00 & 17:00-22:00 (as per load shedding schedules) 13
How do we do maintenance without load shedding? Eskom intends to do maintenance with limited load shedding 50 2014 peak demand was 35 677 MW 45 43.5 GW installed (includes Cahora Bassa and excludes Medupi) 7 GW maintenance window that must 40 include planned, unplanned & load losses + 1 500 MW 36.5 GW operating 35 reserves 35GW 34 GW 30 32.5GW 36GW instantaneous 33GW instantaneous 25 Maximum demand Maximum demand 20 Gw 15 10 5 0 Capacity Summer Demand Winter Demand Capacity from independent power producers, including renewables, reflect as a reduction in demand when the capacity is available 14
Eskom’s maintenance philosophy consists of planned and unplanned maintenance Planned • Philosophy maintenance maintenance • Safety maintenance • Statutory maintenance Maintenance • Risk maintenance Unplanned • Breakdowns (Total and maintenance partial load losses) Maintenance = Philosophy + safety + statutory + risk + breakdowns In the short term, Eskom will prioritise RISK MAINTENANCE in order to reduce the amount of unplanned maintenance • 15 of a total of 18 maintenance outages (83%) are on power plants that are classified as Risk 1/Risk 2/Risk 3 • 13 of a total of 18 maintenance outages (80%) is also philosophy maintenance On average Eskom has a maintenance budget of 7 000 MW in winter, which is dependent on demand requirements 11
Progress at Majuba Power Station, as all six units can operate at full load • An immediate and gap solution is in place, enabling the station to run all six units (3 843 MW) at full load. - This provides coal supplies to all six units via mobile equipment and temporary coal stock piles. • A contract was awarded on 2 March 2015 for the interim solution which replaces the mobile equipment with conveyor belts running from the permanent stockpiles to ensure greater efficiency in the coal handling process. • Construction is in progress and will be completed by end September 2015. • A new permanent coal handling plant is expected to be in place at the end of 2016. - Design consultants have been appointed and construction is expected to begin early January 2016, once a construction contractor has been appointed. • The investigation has been concluded and will be presented to the Board and Shareholder 16
Duvha unit 3 boiler contract soon to be in place • The over-pressurisation incident at Unit 3 of Duvha power station in March 2014 took 575MW unit out of service for repair. • The incident investigation has been completed and the primary cause was noted as a build-up of unburnt fuel within the boiler, which ignited in an uncontrolled manner • A process is under way to address all the recommendations from the report, and key learnings have been shared with other power stations. • Negotiations have started with a boiler supplier and once technical, financial and commercial issues have been agreed, repair work should begin in July 2015. 17
Load shedding stages have been amended to create less impact for electricity consumers • In order to reduce the impact on customers and the complexity of managing Stage 3 load shedding, Stage 3 has been adjusted down by 1 000MW. Stage Old schedules New schedules Stage 1 1 000 MW 1 000 MW Stage 2 2 000 MW 2 000 MW Stage 3 4 000 MW 3 000 MW
Contents Introduction Half-Year Performance Winter Outlook Build programme Conclusion
Build programme shows progress and contributes MWs to the grid Medupi Power Station Project (6 x 800MW) ▪ Up to 800 MW contributing to national grid even while unit 6 is still in test phase /synchronisation mode) ▪ 1st Unit (unit 6) on track for commercialization - August 2015 ▪ Synchronization of second unit expected in 2017. Kusile Power Station Project (6 x 800MW) The project is making good progress Synchronization of 1st Unit (Unit 1) expected at the end of the first half of 2017 Ingula Pumped Storage Scheme Project (4 x 333MW) Synchronization of 1st unit (Unit 3) has been revised to the first half of 2016 Project Sere (100MW) ▪ Successfully commercialized on time and within budget ▪ 100 MW feeding to the national grid, when the wind blows. 20
Eskom needs to ensure capital is available to ensure delivery of one Medupi and two Ingula units for FY16 xx MW added to the network Post MYPD3 • Commissioned in • First sync Mar • Unit 4 to be • Unit 1 to be • Kusile 1 will be early Feb 2015 2015 commissioned Apr commissioned commercially • Additional 100MW • Full stable power 2016 Aug 2016 operating Aug added to the by Jun 2015 2017 2015/16 network 1 466 MW Medupi x1 unit 100 800 333 333 800 Ingula x2 units Feb 2015 Aug 2015 Mar 2016 Jul 2016 Aug 2017 Sere Wind Farm Medupi Unit 6 Ingula Unit 4 Ingula Unit 1 Kusile 1 Total MW 5 532 Mar 2015 Jan 2016 May 2016 Sep 2017 2019/2020 Majuba Ingula Ingula Medupi 5 Duvha 3 Recovery Unit 3 Unit 2 Recovery 1200 333 333 800 500 • 600MW from unit • Unit 3 to be • Unit 2 to be • Medupi 5 • Duvha 3 will be 3 gap solution in commissioned commissioned commercial fully recovered in Feb & 600MW Jan 2016 May 2016 operation date is 2019/2020 from Unit 4 in Mar Sep 2017 • This project falls 2015 out of MYPD3 window Source: GCD, Team analysis 21
Eskom keeps the country informed • Eskom communicates via the national, regional and local media including social media regarding its intention to load shed and during the process. • Load shedding information and schedules are available on Eskom’s website for Eskom customers • National and regional spokespersons continue to spread the message and share additional information to provide information and clarity • Stakeholders and direct customers are informed predominantly via social media and text messages and are able to communicate via Eskom’s customer contact centres • The Power Alert on SABC and DSTV channels continues to provide real-time information on the power system status and encourages customers to switch off. - An average of 350MW reduction in demand is observed during this flighting • Eskom issues Power Alert system bulletins and holds a Quarterly system status media briefing to provide regular updates • Face-to-face stakeholder engagements provide an opportunity for further dialogue on the status Electricity users are encouraged to follow Eskom on twitter and Facebook and to download the free Eskom App ‘Myeskom’ from Android and Apple stores.
We all can help to reduce demand and ‘Beat the Peak’ this winter Saving electricity reduces pressure on the grid, cuts your electricity bill and reduces South Africa’s carbon emissions 1. Use alternatives to electrical space heating • Dress for the weather, to postpone switching on space heaters • Install ceiling insulation - an insulated room requires 51% less energy to heat up • Invest in a thermostatically controlled heater - a fan heater is ideal for quick heat situations, while an oil heater can be considered to keep a room warm for longer periods • Consider gas heaters and hot water bottles to keep warm 2. Switch off all geysers and pool pumps (all day until 9pm), and invest in a timer 3. Switch off all non-essential lighting and appliances 4. Respond to Power Alert messages by switching off all appliances that are not being used 23
Contents Introduction Half-Year Performance Winter Outlook Build programme Conclusion
Conclusion: While the system is tight Eskom endeavours to keep load shedding to a minimum • Eskom has continued to supply up to an average of 96% of electricity in the country during the first half of 2015 and will continue to do so in Winter • Unlike in Summer when the load shedding risk is for longer periods throughout the day, in Winter, the load shedding risk is for shorter periods and over the peak periods of 06:00 to 10:00 and 17:00 to 22:00, as more electricity is used during this time. • As the demand peaks in Winter, we anticipate that 100% electricity supply during the day, and a minimum of 96% during the morning and evening peak periods • We will continue with maintenance with the intent to do no or minimal load shedding • We appreciate the support of all our customers and encourage that we maintain 10% electricity savings. • We are committed to provide early warning, however at times the system status changes rapidly. Please follow us on twitter @Eskom_SA and @Eskom_MediaDesk for updates. 25
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