NOTE | Eskom has announced that we're moving to stage 4 load shedding TODAY!🕯 Eskom Loadshedding ECRNewswatch cc ECRNewswatch
Eskom spokesperson Sikonathi Mantshantsha says thereafter the power cuts will vary between stages 4 and 3 until Wednesday morning.
"Stage 3 load shedding will be implemented from 05:00 on Monday until 16:00, thereafter increasing to stage 4 until 05:00 on Tuesday morning. Stage 3 load shedding will be implemented from 05:00 on Tuesday until 16:00, thereafter increasing to Stage 4 until 05:00 on Wednesday morning," says Mantshantsha.
The struggling power utility says the emergency generation reserves are almost depleted, both the diesel and pumped storage dam levels. "The higher load shedding stages are required to help build up the emergency generation reserves during the week. "We currently have 6 004MW on planned maintenance, while another 14 961MW of capacity is unavailable due to breakdowns."
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