Eskom Spokesperson Daphne Mokwena says the power utility last night reached the highest peak losing over 6000 megawatts due to high electricity demand, prompted by the cold front which swept in over several parts of South Africa.
Mokwena says the cold weather increased the demand for electricity during the peak hours between 5pm to 9pm.
The already struggling utility has been subjecting South Africans to its worst-ever electricity outages with stages 7 and 8 not ruled out. Mokwena says despite stage six power cuts already in place, residents are warned of unplanned outages. “Let me start by apologising to the country for overage as we always say a stage of load shedding is about a thousand but not an absolute number but it’s about a thousand megawatts and yes we implemented 6200 megawatts last night at our peak load shedding.
[ON AIR] Eskom is appealing to the public to reduce the electricity demand by switching off non-essential appliances, mainly geysers, swimming pool pumps and electric heaters to avoid higher stages of loadshedding. Daphne Mokwena –
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