'We are trying our best to match capacity to demand, but we have an unreliable and unpredictable system. We will try our utmost to not load-shed the country. It does not take away that there is a high risk of load-shedding in the winter.”
“What that means is we have a deficit between demand and availability.”
The power utility said on Tuesday the load-shedding was caused by a shortage of generation capacity owing to delays in returning generators to service as well as breakdowns of nine generators. Since Monday, a generation unit each at Lethabo, Tutuka, Ingula, Drakensberg and Arnot, as well as two units each at Hendrina and Matla power stations suffered breakdowns.
Delays in returning generators to service at Arnot, Kendal and three units at Tutuka power stations added to the capacity constraints. Oberholzer said demand changes in April as the winter profile is a high morning peak which becomes higher in the evening.He said reliability maintenance was an ongoing process.Since January 1 this year to end of last month there have been 25 days of load-shedding. Stage 4 load-shedding was implemented on four days since the start of this year.
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