Faizel Patel – 16/03/2021
Eskom has announced that load shedding will be reduced to Stage 1 from 5pm on Wednesday and will continue until 5pm on Saturday.
The power utility says the generation system is still severely constrained.
Eskom says its teams have successfully returned four generation units at Kusile, Grootvlei, Kriel and Matla, including the Cahora Bassa line from Mozambique.
“However, this has not been sufficient to suspend loadshedding at this point. During this period we have lost generation capacity at Medupi, Arnot and Komati power stations. Additionally the return to service of four other units has been delayed, prolonging the need to continue implementing loadshedding. Eskom is working hard to return the units back to service as soon as possible.”
Eskom says they currently have 5 850MW on planned maintenance, while another 13 443MW of capacity is unavailable due to breakdowns and delays which had led to our inability to supply the full demand.
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