Eskom warns of further load shedding
Power utility Eskom has warned that its system will remain constrained on Wednesday and Thursday.
It follows a crack in the coal storage silo at the Majuba power station in Mpumalanga on Saturday, which later collapsed.
Eskom said that it has not needed to implement load shedding since Sunday.
“At Majuba, the team is working around the clock to recover capacity at the power station and their efforts have already spared the country from load shedding on Monday and Tuesday. We are hopeful that their efforts will enable us to avoid load shedding entirely this week,” the state owned entity said in a statement.
Eskom said that the Majuba Power Station has ramped up to generating capacity of 1,200MW which has helped significantly with the management of its dam levels at peaking power stations which use water to generate electricity.
“The system will remain constrained on Wednesday and Thursday and Eskom appeals to consumers to reduce their electricity usage throughout the day, but especially from 18h00 to 22h00,” it said.
“Should we need to go into load shedding, customers will be alerted as early as possible,” Eskom said.
Eskom’s spokesperson Andrew Etzinger told Breaking News, that while the national grid was in a stronger position, Eskom could not guarantee uninterrupted power.
“There are no guarantees at this stage, unfortunately, but we are certainly are in a far better position that we thought we would be,” he said.
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