Eskom says it will ease load shedding this weekend.
Power utility Eskom says it hopes to pause load shedding on Sunday before moving back to stage 4 next week.
Breakdowns are currently at 17,863MW of generating capacity, while the generating capacity out of service for planned maintenance is 2,437MW. The further delays in returning to service a generating unit at Arnot, Hendrina, Lethabo, Majuba, Matimba, Matla, Tutuka and two generating units at Camden power stations continue to add to the current capacity constraints.
Eskom said that it needs to keep outages under 15,000MW to maintain the ‘base case’ scenario of stage 3 to stage 5 load shedding in the next few months. It has, so far, been unable to do so.
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