Load shedding has taken precedence in the country pushing President Cyril Ramaphosa to declare the Eskom crisis a national state of disaster Eskom LoadShedding
The announcement comes after the ailing parastatal on Friday said load shedding will be implemented at stages 3 and 2 during the weekend. Photo: iStock
Eskom has announced that stage 4 load shedding will continue to be implemented from 4pm until 5am while stage 3 rolling blackouts will be implemented from 5am to 4pm daily until further noticeon Friday said load shedding will be implemented at stages 3 and 2 during the weekend.Spokesperson Sikonathi Mantshantsha said there had been some breakdown of power stations.
“A further update will be published as soon as any significant changes occur. Over the past 24 hours two generating units at Arnot and one at Kendal power stations suffered breakdowns and were taken offline for repairs.” “The return to service of a generating unit each at Lethabo and Hendrina power stations were delayed. A generating unit each at Grootvlei and Kriel power stations were returned to service during the period,” Mantshantsha said.
Mantshantsha added that breakdowns currently amount to 16 920MW of generating capacity while 5 759MW of generating capacity is out of service for planned maintenance.
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