The ailing power utility moved to stage 6 on Friday morning after earlier in the week saying that the rolling blackouts would be reduced to stage 4.
JOHANNESBURG - Eskom has again implemented stage 6 power cuts due to more generating units failing and depleted reserves."At 08:34 Stage 6 loadshedding was implemented.
This was necessary due to the failure of 8 generating units overnight and the excessive reliance on OCGTs and pumped storage generation that is rapidly depleting these reserves," Eskom said on Twitter.At 08:34 Stage 6 loadshedding was implemented. This was necessary due to the failure of 8 generating units overnight and the excessive reliance on OCGTs and pumped storage generation that is rapidly depleting these reserves.
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