After a month of continuous load-shedding, Eskom has finally announced that it will suspend power cuts.
“While the generation capacity constraints persist, the suspension of load-shedding is possible due to the anticipated lower weekend demand, as well as adequate levels of emergency generation reserves,” the power utility stated.
“Eskom will publish a further update on Sunday afternoon, or as soon as there are any significant changes.” Since yesterday afternoon, a generation unit each at Camden, Grootvlei, Hendrina, Kendal, Kriel, Majuba and Tutuka power stations have returned to service.“We currently have 5,512MW on planned maintenance, while another 13,484MW of capacity is unavailable due to breakdowns,” Eskom said.The suspension of load-shedding comes after more than a month of load-shedding, the longest streak yet.
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