Eskom has forecasted more load-shedding in the winter season, with the power utility saying there could be as many as 101 days of power outages — something that it calls an “extreme case” scenario.
In a briefing with journalists, Eskom’s head of transmission, Segomoco Scheppers, said the power utility expects between 37 and 101 days of load-shedding during the winter season. But this depends on how much generation capacity Eskom will lose during winter, which is a volatile period for the national grid because the power utility cannot keep up with the electricity demand from households and businesses.
It became apparent on Saturday 16 April that Eskom would need to launch another bout of load-shedding. The generation breakdowns have hit a critical level in recent days, with unplanned losses reaching more than 15,600 MW. Meanwhile, planned maintenance has taken out over 5,000MW of capacity. De Ruyter has also embraced independent power producers that can supply electricity to Eskom, plugging gaps in its generation capacity. Electricity from renewable energy players contributes just less than 1,500MW — not huge in Eskom’s universe of generation needs.
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Ohk...🤔
Thuggery!!!!!
Bring back koko_matshela
I miss the Gupta era 😓😓😓 at least the lights were on. Ohhh I miss the 9 wasted years
May God Almighty expose and humiliate people who sabotage our assets and come as investors for their own ends in Jesus name!
If you think Guptas captured the country, think again here is the real capture!
this is blackmail
This is about Ramaphosa and cronies, they must milk SA...
Which independent producers... 😂😂😂
It was ALWAYS about Western looters