Load-shedding will be reduced to stage 3 from Wednesday morning, then stage 2 on Friday morning before coming to an end on Saturday morning, says Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter.
Load-shedding will be lifted on Saturday morning, Eskom boss Andre de Ruyter said on Tuesday afternoon.
Speaking during an update on the status of the country’s electricity grid after stage 4 rotational blackouts were implemented on Monday, De Ruyter said some power station generating units had come back online or would come back online in the next two days.is that we will reduce load-shedding to stage 3 from tomorrow [Wednesday] morning at 5am. This will be maintained until 5am on Friday.
The Eskom CEO said two units at the Lethabo power station and one at the Kriel power station would be back online soon. Other units would return in the coming week.3,800 and 4,000 megawatts will be added to the grid, which obviously will have a positive effect on the outlook for load-shedding going forward," he said.
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