Eskom has denied that it secretly implemented stage 8 load-shedding this past week, despite shaving over 7,000MW of demand off the grid at one point.
Mokwena explained the 7,072MW shed consisted of 5,719MW national load-shedding and 1,353MW load curtailment.
Mokwena said it was standard procedure that Eskom would request these customers to reduce their demand before announcing load-shedding stages to the public. “We refrain from using the terminology because the public becomes confused and thinks we are talking about load reduction that we normally implement prevent failing of equipment due to overload,” Mokwena said.Eskom accused of hiding higher load-shedding stages on multiple occasions
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