💃🕺It's time to turn up! Load shedding suspended for the weekend: Eskom loadshedding
“We currently have 5 512MW on planned maintenance, while another 13 484MW of capacity is unavailable due to breakdowns.”Meanwhile, the suspension of the power cuts comes as a relief for South Africans after Load Shedding Tracker by Outlier showed that January had been the only month free of load shedding in 2022.
The Outlier graphic revealed that South Africa had so far experienced more than 116 days of rolling blackouts, which is almost a third of the year.So far, Eskom’s own worst-case scenario is its summer plan. This was echoed by the ailing parastatal’s Chief Operating Officer Jan Oberholzer in September. He said load shedding is likely to be implemented during summer months.
“We are ramping up planned maintenance as we head into summer. We also find that our maintenance is not yet yielding required results. Units return to work, and then break down. This is due to lack of skills,” he said.
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