MBOMBELA – Early this morning Eskom announced that load-shedding had to be implemented due to a shortage of generation capacity as several units were currently on unplanned outages due to technical faults. Load-shedding will continue until 22:00.
Unit three at the Majuba Station has an ash conveyor belt that is stuck and unit two at Duvha Station tripped last night due to a technical fault on the electrical side that is currently being repaired. There is ongoing work at Koeberg’s unit one, which experienced an earth fault on the generator transformer on Sunday. The unit is expected to be at full capacity by the end of the week. The same unit is due for planned outage on February 9 and will be returned to service again in May.
The power system remains constrained and will remain so for the rest of this week. Any extra load or faults in the system may necessitate the need to implement load-shedding. Eskom urges all electricity customers to reduce their consumption in order to reduce the severity of power cuts.
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