Eskom has announced an increase in load-shedding from 09:00 on Wednesday “until further notice”.
Eskom will implement stage 4 load-shedding from 09:00 until further notice, the state-owned power utility said in a brief statement on Wednesday.“Eskom will publish a full statement in due course.”yesterday, Eskom said it was implementing load-shedding due to a high number of breakdowns and the need to preserve the remaining emergency generation reserves.
“[These] will further reduce available generation capacity and significantly increase the occurrence of load-shedding during the next 6 –12 months,” Eskom said.Eskom said it had already spent double its budget on diesel for this financial year — R11 billion.Together, the two stations generate 2,067MW of rapidly dispatchable electricity to help meet South Africa’s demand during peak periods, or prevent two stages of load-shedding.
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