Eskom welcomes DFFE's decision to grant postponement of Kusile minimum emission standards

The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment’s (DFFE's) National Air Quality Officer (NAQO) has granted State-owned power utility Eskom a postponement to meet minimum emission standards (MES) at the Kusile power station, in Mpumalanga, from June 5 this year to March 31, 2025.

This postponement is subject to certain strict conditions. 

The postponement application was necessitated by the failure of Kusile's west stack on October 23 last year. The failure limited the power station’s ability to operate three commissioned generating units (Units 1,2, and 3).