Load shedding reduced to Stage 2
Eskom has reduced load shedding from Stage 4 to Stage 2 from Friday morning.
The embattled power utility says it has managed to return some generation capacity to service overnight.
Eskom spokesperson Sikonathi Mantshantsha says at this stage, the plan is to lift load-shedding by Saturday morning.
“Having returned some generation capacity to service over the past 24 hours, Eskom is pleased to announce that loadshedding will be reduced to Stage 3 from 21:00 this evening until 05:00 on Friday.
"Thereafter Stage 2 loadshedding will be implemented until 05:00 on Saturday as previously communicated,”says Mantshantsha.
Over the past 24 hours, a unit each at the Koeberg, Medupi, Kriel, Duvha, Kusile and Tutuka power stations have been returned to service.
However, Mantshantsha says a unit each tripped at the Majuba and Arnot power stations, while a single unit at Matla was forced to shut down.
“While this allowed space to reduce the utilisation of emergency generation reserves, it is however still insufficient to end the current loadshedding. The next two days will be used to further improve the emergency reserves in preparation for the week ahead.”
Total breakdowns at the embattled power utility currently amount to 14 161MW, while planned maintenance is 5 449MW of capacity.
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