Faizel Patel – 05/02/2021
Eskom has announced that it will implement stage 2 load-shedding over the entire weekend.
In a statement, Eskom says rolling blackouts will take effect from 12pm on Friday until Sunday evening.
Eskom saysthe load shedding has been exacerbated by the forced shutdown of five generating units at the Medupi Power Station as a result of the inability to get coal into the units due to the heavy rain in the Lephalale area last night.
“The area experienced 65mm of rain, which added to the constraints caused by the heavy rains due to cyclone storm Eloise over the past two weeks. Eskom has implemented contingency plans and deployed additional resources to deal with the heavy rainfalls in the Mpumalanga and Limpopo areas, and the teams are working hard to return as many of these units to service as soon as possible.”
Eskom says as it continues to implement reliability maintenance during this period, the system will continue to be constrained with the risk of load shedding remaining elevated.
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