Eskom has announced an immediate increase to stage 3 power cuts.
Eskom has increased rotational power cuts to stage 3. The higher stage of load-shedding started at 18:11, the power utility said in a brief statement on Wednesday night.The rest of Eskom’s planned load-shedding timetable remains the same asAs of Wednesday afternoon, the utility said its breakdowns stood at 15,089MW, while planned maintenance had increased to 7,147MW.
In the past 24 hours, the utility had only managed to return one generating unit to service at Duvha Power Station. At the same time, it took a generating unit each at Lethabo, Kendal and Kriel power stations offline for repairs. There were also delays in returning units to service at Hendrina and Medupi and two units at Tutuka power station.
Crucially, five open-cycle gas turbines at Ankerlig power station were taken offline this morning for a planned upgrade of the plant’s control system.With each of Ankerlig’s OCGTs capable of contributing a maximum of about 147MW of capacity, the temporary shutdown takes roughly 735MW off the grid.
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