Eskom extends Stage 2 load shedding to Saturday
Stage 2 load shedding will start from 9am on Tuesday morning, with the utility extending the rolling blackouts to Saturday due to a shortage of generation capacity.
"While Eskom teams have successfully returned a unit each at the Kusile, Matimba and Arnot power stations during the early hours of this morning, further delays in returning other units to service have exacerbated the capacity constraints, hampering the ability to replenish the emergency generation reserves," says spokesperson Sikonathi Mantshantsha.
Mantshantsha says their teams are working on getting all units up and running again by this weekend.
Saturday at 5am is when Eskom's hoping to stop load shedding.
"Eskom also expects to return five other units to service during the week. However, there are number of generation units running with risk of failure that cannot be attended to at the moment due to the current capacity constraints.
"Total breakdowns currently amount to 13 333MW while planned maintenance is 5 548MW of capacity.”
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