POWER supplier Eskom has issued an alert of high risk of load shedding following over 10 months of “uninterrupted” power supply. This, amid several power supply interruptions reported by households and businesses.

“This is a potentially temporary setback. Load shedding is largely behind us due to the structural improvements in our generation fleet. However, over the past seven days, we have experienced several breakdowns that require extended repair times. This has necessitated the use of all our emergency reserves, which now need to be replenished. Consequently, we are closely monitoring the status of our current emergency reserves, and load shedding up to Stage 4 may be implemented over the weekend,” said Eskom Group chief executive, Dan Marokane.

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Last Friday Eskom reported that load shedding remained suspended and “diesel usage remains below year-to-date budget”.
The entity further indicated that the focused execution of the Generation Recovery Plan continued to deliver the suspension of load shedding.

Last August, Eskom shared its summer outlook for the period from September 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025, predicting a likely scenario of a load shedding-free summer due to structural generation improvements. This outlook remains unchanged.

Eskom said it would issue further updates in due course.

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