Electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has attributed Eskom 's current trend of lower Loadshedding stages to the power utility's improved generation over the past few weeks.
Ramokgopa said there has been a reduction in unplanned losses to less than 16,000MW from more than 18,000MW.“Generation available from wind power has increased due to weather conditions in the coastal regions. Peak demand is averaging less than 29,000MW, compared to 30,000MW projected in the first week of June.
“If we can keep up energy savings from demand side measures, we can sustain this trend and reduce the severity of load-shedding,” he said. This week's reduced stages of load-shedding was due to continued improvement in available generation capacity as a result of three units that were previously on outage being returned to service.
“Breakdowns are at 16,115MW of generating capacity while the generating capacity out of service for planned maintenance is 3,766MW. Over the past 24 hours, a generating unit each at Arnot and Kendal power stations were returned to service,” Eskom said. “In the same period a generation unit each at Kriel and Hendrina power stations were taken out of service due to breakdowns. The further delays in returning to service a generating unit at Grootvlei, Hendrina, Majuba and Tutuka power stations are contributing to capacity constraints.”“We thank those who heed the call to use electricity sparingly and efficiently, including switching off geysers from 5pm to 9pm, as this is helping to alleviate pressure on the system.
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