Eskom refuted reports that South Africa was on the brink of Stage 7 and 8 load shedding amid the cold front and general capacity constraints.
Embattled power utility Eskom has downgraded
to Stage 5 from 6am on Friday until further notice due to a “slight improvement in generation capacity and lower demand”.will publish another update should any significant changes occur,” Eskom spokesperson Daphne Mokwena said.load sheddingThis after the evening peak for Tuesday and Wednesday was higher than the forecasted demand, sparking claims the country was on the verge of moving up a stage of rolling blackouts.
“These higher stages of load shedding are primarily, as we all know, caused by a large number of megawatts being taken off the grid as a result of unplanned breakages,said last week as he was asked a question in a parliamentary session, ‘we are taking short-term pain for long-term gain’ in that Eskom cannot take its eye off the ball in terms of planned maintenance. That has to continue. Unfortunately, we have to contend with these unplanned breakages,” Magwenya said.
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