MyBroadband spoke to energy researcher Professor Hartmut Winkler about what to expect from the Stage 16 load-shedding schedule.
Stage 16 load-shedding essentially means 24 hours per day without power for households, although South Africa is still a long way from implementing such high levels of power cuts.
Eskom’s system operator is responsible for the stability of South Africa’s national power grid and could order higher power cuts if necessary. “Stage 8 means 12 hours without power, so if the new schedule follows the same pattern as the current one, then stage 16 would mean 24 hours without power,” said Winkler.We also asked Eskom for feedback, and it confirmed that households should expect no power if load-shedding reaches stage 16. However, it highlighted the fact that the proposed schedule is purely precautionary.
“The current situation is that, should the need arise for load-shedding beyond stage 8, the System Operator would instruct each province to reduce by an additional specific [megawatt] amount,” Eskom added. “Stage 8 also means shedding 8,000MW of power, and according to that scheme, stage 16 means demand exceeds supply by 16,000MW,” said Winkler.
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