Eskom COO Jan Oberholzer warned further breakdowns could lead to Stage 3 or higher power cuts.
Eskom has revealed that a shortage of generating capacity and low backup generation reserves caused it to implement all-day load-shedding from Wednesday, 22 June 2022.
“Should we continue to experience breakdowns in the fleet of coal power stations, this could lead to Stage 3 or even higher load-shedding,” he said. This resulted in Eskom’s diesel reserves being depleted faster than they could be replenished. It also used pump storage extensively and could not refill the dams over the weekend.Eskom CEO André de Ruyter said they had shed more load to protect its essential diesel and water reserves.The power utility currently has 2,967MW of generation capacity offline for scheduled maintenance and 14,470MW unavailable due to breakdowns.
The state-owned power utility forecasts a peak demand of 32,140MW on Wednesday evening, leaving a shortfall of around 1,100MW.
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