In a short statement, the utility said the lower-than-planned load-shedding was due to the return to service of three coal power station units.
Eskom plans to continue implementing load-shedding at stage 4 until further notice instead of ramping up to stage 5 on Wednesday evening and Thursday morning.at noon on Wednesday, the utility said the lower-than-planned load-shedding was possible due to the return to service of three coal power station units.For reference, each of Kriel’s six units has a maximum capacity of 500MW, while Matimba’s six units were designed to generate 665MW each.
However, with the state of Eskom’s generating fleet, most of these units are likely unable to reach anywhere near their maximum outputs. Eskom had originally planned to implement stage 5 load-shedding from 16:00 on Wednesday until 05:00 on Thursday. The utility did not provide further details on the amount of capacity it had available at the time of its statement.
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