ESKOM LIVE | More load shedding planned until Wednesday
Stage 2 load shedding will be suspended at midnight, and then implemented daily from 16:00 to midnight on Monday to Wednesday, Eskom said on Sunday.Since Saturday afternoon, two generation units at Grootvlei as well as a unit each at Kriel and Majuba power stations were returned to service. But a generation unit at Lethabo power station was taken offline for repairs.
Eskom said it would publish a further update on Friday afternoon, or as soon as any significant changes occur. The power utility said that since Saturday two generation units at Kriel and a unit each at Kendal, Komati, Lethabo, Majuba and Matla power stations have returned to service.There is currently 5 487MW out on planned maintenance, while another 14 061MW of capacity is unavailable due to breakdowns.Load shedding will be suspended at 05:00 on Saturday morning due to lower weekend demand and adequate emergency generation reserves, Eskom said in a statement on Friday.
This after a generation unit each at Arnot, Kriel, Lethabo, Matla as well as two units at Camden Power Station returned to service on Tuesday night. Load shedding will be escalated to Stage 4 at 18:00 and maintained until further notice after a generation unit each tripped at Kendal and Lethabo power stations.
A generating unit each at Kusile and Majuba power stations were returned to service. A generating unit each at Duvha, Kendal, Komati, Kusile, Matimba, Lethabo and Tutuka power stations were taken offline for repairs. Gordhan met with the directors of Eskom on Tuesday to inform them he would "restructure and reconstitute" the board, and thanked them for their service.
Asked by MPs whether he would be introducing new skills to the board, particularly skills in electrical engineering, Gordhan confirmed that there would be a"new set of skills".Stage 4 to last until Saturday morning, with Stage 3 for weekend, as diesel delivery arrives In addition to all of the eight Camden Power Station units that were taken offline due to de-mineralised water contamination on Wednesday night as a result of the incorrect valve being opened, a generating unit at Kriel Power Station was also taken offline for repairs.
"Stage 4 will be maintained until we can resume diesel supplies to the two Open-Cycle Gas Turbine stations." "While we expect diesel deliveries from Tuesday onwards, should this uncertainty of supply persist, higher stages of loadshedding may be required," it warned. Eskom said it was currently experiencing constraints from its diesel suppliers that were affecting the availability of bulk diesel to the Ankerlig and Gourikwa open-cycle gas turbines, which have a combined capacity of 2 000MW.
"While some generation units are anticipated to return to service, it is necessary to continue the load shedding to limit the usage of the emergency generation reserves." Eskom has 4 098MW on planned maintenance, while another 17 121MW of capacity is unavailable due to breakdowns. South Africa is teetering on the brink of its most severe power cuts yet, just two months after the government announced emergency measures to try to end intermittent outages, prompting President Cyril Ramaphosa to cut short an overseas trip to oversee the response to the crisis.
The statement comes as Eskom declared Stage 6 load shedding for the third time and continues to grapple with multiple breakdowns.
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