Faizel Patel – 29/12/2020
As the country battles the second wave of COVID-19 under adjusted lockdown level three, Eskom has announced that it will implement stage 2 load shedding from 10pm on Tuesday night until 5am Wednesday morning.
This will be repeated on Wednesday night.
The power utility says load shedding is necessary to preserve emergency generation reserves in preparation for higher demand expected during January as economic activity resumes.
“During this period Eskom will continue to pursue increased reliability maintenance as planned and previously communicated. We currently have 9 745MW on planned maintenance, while another 11 346MW capacity is unavailable due to unplanned maintenance.”
Eskom says teams are working around the clock to return as many of the units to service as soon as possible.
The power utility has urged South Africans to use electricity sparingly in order to limit the impact of load shedding.
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