Eskom says it had to implement Stage 4 load-shedding because running out of emergency diesel and water reserves could have dire consequences.
Eskom has warned that the continued use of emergency electricity generation reserves could force it to implement a further six stages of load-shedding, moving from theDuring a media briefing on Wednesday, chief operations officer Jan Oberholzer explained that if Eskom ran out of diesel and water emergency reserves, the situation would be dire.
Oberholzer also explained that the power utility was currently running 20 OCGTs to meet the peak demand in the evenings. It uses around nine million litres of diesel daily to do so. He explained that ten of the units — which in combination add 3,352MW to the grid — were considered to be “medium risk”.from stage 2 to stage 4 at 09:00 on Wednesday, 9 March 2022, following the breakdown of another four units overnight.
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