Load curtailment is preventing South Africa from reaching stage 7 or 8 load shedding.
Over the last several months, South Africa has often ‘technically’ hit stage 7 and 8 load shedding, but load curtailment has ensured that South Africa’s public has only been subjected to a stage 6 load shedding schedule.
However, Eskom said that it implemented stage 6 load shedding with stages 1 and 2 of load curtailment, with the latter reducing the electricity shortfall to below 6,000 MW.Electricity-intensive organisations are subjected to four stages of load curtailment:companies are required to reduce 15% of their power consumptionThis differs from load shedding, which is the rotation of blackouts across areas on the grid and is determined by the national operator.
Mondi said that any load curtailment above stage 4 will result in ‘essential loads’ where all mining personnel underground have to be moved back to the surface, and power is only used to sustain the system, preventing it from collapsing. Trollip added that taxpayers would have to pay for Eskom’s rising debt, with the economy also slowing, resulting in job cuts.
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