Bloomberg South Africa’s energy crisis eased as state power utility Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd scrambled to repair broken plants and supplemented supply using gas turbines and pumped-storage facilities. Power cuts, known locally as load shedding, should be limited to 2,000 megawatts on Wednesday — down from a peak of 6,000 megawatts — and are expected to end next week, Eskom …

Bloomberg Washington state’s biggest utility is selling a stake in one of America’s largest coal-fired power plants for $1, seeking to comply with a new state law requiring energy companies to stop using the fuel by 2025. Puget Sound Energy Inc agreed to sell its 25% stake in the 740-megawatt Colstrip Unit 4 facility.

Bloomberg Europe’s top airlines attacked EU plans to impose a region-wide kerosene tax as part of a sweeping new environmental strategy, calling the duty unnecessary and unfair and saying investment in sustainable fuels and electric planes would be more effective in reducing carbon emissions. Chiefs of four of the region’s biggest carriers raised their concerns with European Union Transport Commissioner …