There will be power cuts this week between 5pm and 10pm as Eskom has suffered a total of 16,307MW in unplanned losses.
De Ruyter explained that the system was constrained during peak hours, including at night, but load shedding would be implemented when it would have “less impact” on business.
When asked to explain why load shedding takes place during the evening, Eskom official Isabel Frik said evenings had a “distinct load profile” where people returned from school and work, and where geysers and stoves, which are used for bathing, “use a lot of electricity”. Evening peak demand stood at 31,000MW, which caused a shortfall in generational capacity. Eskom is also burning two million litres of diesel per day while generating electricity.
Eskom COO Jan Oberholzer said that after tripping on Friday, Kusile 1 was expected to return to service by Tuesday, Wednesday at the latest.An entire working month lost to load shedding in 2022 as Eskom’s head of generation resignsResponding to questions from journalists, De Ruyter said: “I agree with you, South Africa is tired of load shedding.”
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