has reiterated that the system is constrained and has urged customers to reduce their electricity use.
However, an Energy analyst at Mining and Energy Advisors Ted Blom says, “Stage 8 is when the power is off for roughly half of the day, in other words up to 12 hours of load shedding.” Eskom supplies more than 90% of South Africa’s electricity but struggles to keep the lights on and is dependent on government bailouts to stay solvent. It has asked the High Court for an order allowing it to impose a tariff increase of 16.6% from April 2020 and 16.7% from April 2021, according to an affidavit seen by Reuters.
Eskom going to court to secure increases.... another way of saying, eskom to hold the county to ransom through loadshedding
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