Proving their point, Eskom has announced load shedding until they have at least an additional 4,000MW of generation capacity to allow them the space to take some of their units off for planned maintenance.
“The risk of load shedding, unfortunately, remains,” warned Jan Oberholzer, Eskom group chief operating officer atStage 2 load shedding will be implemented tonight , and escalate to Stage 3 on Monday and Tuesday evening at the same time, due to a continued loss of generating capacity.
capacity, Stage 2 load shedding will be implemented from 17:00 – 22:00 tonight, and Stage 3 will be implemented on Monday and Tuesday evening
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