- The implementation of Stage 4 loadshedding will be maintained until 05:00 on Thursday morning.
- Loadshedding will then be reduced to Stage 3 until 05:00 on Saturday morning, South Africa’s state owned energy utility, Eskom, has announced.
Eskom explains that the continued loadshedding is necessary due to the shortage of generation capacity as a result of persistent high levels of breakdowns, and to further replenish the emergency generation reserves.
Eskom reports that a generation unit each at Arnot, Kriel, Lethabo, Matla as well as two units at Camden Power Station have returned to service since last night. A generating unit each at Hendrina, Kendal and Majuba power stations were taken offline for repairs. Furthermore, the delay in returning a generating unit each to service at Kendal, Komati and Tutuka power stations have added to the capacity constraints.
Eskom currently has 6 647MW on planned maintenance, while another 14 692MW of capacity is unavailable due to breakdowns. Eskom’s total generation capacity is 44000MW.
Eskom will publish a further update on Friday afternoon, or as soon as there are any significant changes.
Author: Bryan Groenendaal
