Between R1.5bn and R4bn a day – that’s how much loadshedding is costing the economy, according to various estimates. Moneyweb Eskom economy
Eskom was plunged into fresh crisis just before 18:00 on Tuesday when a generation unit each at Kendal and Lethabo power stations tripped. This necessitated the immediate implementation of Stage 4 load shedding from 18:00. The utility had previously communicated that Stage 3 would be in effect until Thursday. It provided no further information, save that it would “publish a full statement [on Wednesday] afternoon”.
This level of maintenance is expected to remain elevated until around March next year. Eskom was only able to maintain load shedding at the ‘reduced’ level of Stage 3 on Monday by burning diesel continuously at its open cycle gas turbines from 03:00 until midnight. This contributed between 269MW and 1 971MW to the grid.
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