[{"Meta":"Dataset","Value":"Energy availability factor (EAF) by week of the power stations run by South African electricity utility Eskom","Notes":""},{"Meta":"Sources","Value":"National Transmission Company of South Africa, Weekly Status Reports","Notes":""},{"Meta":"Source link 2021, 2022","Value":"https://web.archive.org/web/20221110102158/https://www.eskom.co.za/eskom-divisions/tx/system-adequacy-reports/","Notes":""},{"Meta":"Source link 2023, 2024","Value":"https://www.eskom.co.za/eskom-divisions/tx/system-adequacy-reports/","Notes":""},{"Meta":"Source link 2025","Value":"https://www.ntcsa.co.za/system-status-reports/","Notes":""},{"Meta":"Last update","Value":"2026-04-09","Notes":""},{"Meta":"Notes","Value":"Updated weekly","Notes":""},{"Meta":"Description","Value":"The energy availability factor (EAF) is the percentage of the installed capacity of Eskom's power stations that is operational and available for use each week since the end of 2020. It is the difference between the maximum availability and all unavailabilities (such as maintenance and breakdowns). The EAF does not include independent power producers, renewables and imported power. It is sourced from the National Transmission Company of South Africa and is updated weekly.","Notes":""},{"Meta":"Variable","Value":"Description","Notes":"Notes"},{"Meta":"year","Value":"Calendar year. Starts from week 50 2020 to date of last update","Notes":""},{"Meta":"week_number","Value":"Weeks are numbered 1 to 53","Notes":""},{"Meta":"year_week","Value":"Year and Year_week combined","Notes":""},{"Meta":"energy_availability_factor","Value":"% available energy generation (see description for definition of EAF)","Notes":""},{"Meta":"planned_outage_factor","Value":"% planned energy losses","Notes":""},{"Meta":"unplanned_outage_factor","Value":"% of unplanned energy losses","Notes":""},{"Meta":"other_outage_factor","Value":"% of other energy losses","Notes":""},{"Meta":"date","Value":"Date at the end of the reporting week","Notes":""}]