Load-shedding not expected today

Unplanned outages or breakdowns were at 13 867 MW at 6am this morning. “Should we lose some generation units during the day, we will use emergency reserves and may implement load-shedding in the evening. However, if we experience drastic changes in the system, load-shedding may be implemented earlier in the day” Eskom explained.

The power utility reminded customers that it was important to note that the power system was vulnerable and volatile with an aging fleet that required higher levels of maintenance. “Getting back to stability will take some time and we request our customers to work with us by reducing their demand while we work on improving the effectiveness of our maintenance.

“We are hard at work to bring back generation units that were on planned maintenance and those that experience breakdowns in order to increase available capacity. We are monitoring the system closely  and we will continue to give periodic updates on the power system as things may change at short notice.”

Eskom asked customers to reduce their energy demand as far as possible to help avoid or reduce the level of load-shedding.

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