South Africa's Eskom says critical peak pilot showing results

South Africa's state-run power utility Eskom said on Tuesday a pilot pricing project aimed at getting customers to cut their consumption on peak days was showing signs of success. Eskom, which supplies about 95 percent of the power to Africa's most advanced economy, is scrambling to keep the lights burning and on Tuesday it had to bring in controlled power outages for the second day in a row to keep demand from overwhelming the grid, which would trigger a total blackout. "The init