Eskom pushes load shedding to stage 4 indefinitely – check your schedules

More breakdowns means more load shedding for South Africa this weekend.

Power utility Eskom escalated load shedding to stage 4 on Friday following further breakdowns at its stations.“Breakdowns amounting to 17,056MW of generation capacity, low pumped storage dam levels and lack of diesel are the reasons for the increase in load shedding,” it said.

The station’s unit, which produces over 920MW of energy, is only planned to return to service in the middle of 2023. Meanwhile, Eskom continues to struggle with breakdowns while a number of key units are offline after various critical failures. The group warned this week that over 3,000MW are at risk of remaining offline over the next 12 months.

If breakdowns persist above 16,000MW, as is currently the case, high stages of load shedding can be expected every month. This year has been the worst year of load shedding on record, and analysts say that 2023 is set to be worse.

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