Eskom calls off loadshedding on Thursday

No loadshedding was expected to be implemented on Thursday, power utility Eskom said.

Spokesperson Sikhonathi Mantshantsha said this was due to generation capacity recovering sufficiently.

“Over the past 24 hours Eskom teams successfully returned four generation units to service, helping to ease the capacity constraints sufficiently to enable us to not require loadshedding,” he said.

Another five units were reportedly expected to return to service during the next two days.

“The loadshedding over the past two days has also enabled Eskom to adequately replenish the emergency generation reserves,” Mantshantsha said.

He added that they were grateful to their customers for the patience and support during the loadshedding which was said to have been implemented as a “last resort” to protect the integrity of the system.

“As previously communicated, Eskom continues to implement reliability maintenance during this period and, as such, the system will continue to be constrained with the risk of loadshedding remaining elevated,” he explained.

Mantshantsha further said they currently had 4 928mW of capacity on planned maintenance while another 13 217mW of capacity was unavailable due to breakdowns.

“Eskom requests the public to continue using electricity sparingly as the system remains vulnerable and unpredictable,” he said, adding that they would promptly communicate if there were any significant changes to the power system.

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