Breakdowns and delays on Monday mean Eskom’s load shedding schedule for the week is out the window.
Less than a day after laying out its schedule for the week ahead, power utility Eskom has been forced to escalate load shedding to stage 4 until further notice.Eskom said the escalation is necessary due to the failure of generating units at Arnot, Duvha and Grootvlei power stations, as well as the delay in returning generating units to service.Load shedding was initially expected to fluctuate between stage 3 and stage 4 this week, following a week of stage 6 outages last week.
While the minister expressed confidence that the electricity situation will improve heading into the last quarter of the year – as the Kusile Power Station will be adding much-needed capacity to the grid, providing a buffer for increased maintenance elsewhere – he did warn that the situation is likely to remain volatile until then.
“If coincides with a number of units failing on their own, then you are exposed. And the only option available to us is intensified load shedding,” he said.
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