Load-shedding extended for tomorrow and Friday
Power cuts have been ramped up to stage 4 on Friday night with a possibility that load-shedding might be extended to the weekend if any further delays or breakdowns occur.
Eskom announced that load-shedding will be implemented from tomorrow until Friday midnight with a strong possibility of power cuts over the weekend if more breakdowns occur.
A delay in returning three generating units to service as well as breakdowns of seven units at five power stations are the reason for the ramped up load-shedding schedule, the power utility says.
The revised load-shedding schedule for Thursday and Friday are as follows:
• Stage 2 load-shedding is currently being implemented until midnight.
• Stage 2: Thursday 05:00 – 16:00.
• Stage 4: Thursday 16:000 – 00:00.
• Stage 2: Friday 05:00 – 00:00.
Eskom says that Koeberg Unit 2 is expected to return to service on Friday night, but warns of load-shedding over the weekend if further unit faults occur.
Stage 2 loadshedding will be implemented at 05:00-16:00; then will increase to Stage 4 at 16:00 – 24:00 tomorrow due to the continued shortage of generation capacity pic.twitter.com/aCDWkV6I9Z
— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) August 3, 2022
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