Eskom stage 1 load shedding hits Tuesday
Eskom has announced that it will implement stage 1 load shedding on Tuesday.
The group noted it would take place between 17h00 and 22h00.
This would be the 9th consecutive day in which Eskom has had to implement rolling blackouts, as its systems remain severely constrained and under pressure.
According to Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown, South Africans should expect load shedding to be a way of life for at least the next two years.
Dawie Roodt, chief economist at Efficient Group has noted previously that load shedding has knocked the South African economy for over R300 billion, potentially costing the country over a million jobs.
Brown has conceded that power cuts implemented by Eskom cost South Africa’s economy between R20 billion and R80.1 billion a month.
Eskom has been forced into rolling blackouts in 2015 following the collapse of one of its coal storage silos, diesel shortages, and maintenance issues.
Leadership issues also continue to plague the power utility following the sacking of chairman,Zola Tsotsi, and the suspension of Eskom’s CEO, Tshediso Matona, and three other senior executives including the financial director.
Load shedding schedules are available on its load shedding website for Eskom customers. Customers can also call 0860 037 566 for information.
This is the outlook for the rest of the week:
- Tuesday (21 April): The capacity available to meet evening peak demand is 29 650 MW (including open cycle gas turbines) while demand is forecast 32 162 MW.
- Wednesday (22 April): The capacity available to meet that evening’s peak demand is 29 650 MW (including open cycle gas turbines) while demand is forecast 32 047 MW.
- Thursday (23 April): The capacity available to meet that evening’s peak demand is 29 650 MW (including open cycle gas turbines) while demand is forecast 31 993 MW.
- Friday (24 April): The capacity available to meet that evening’s peak demand is 29 650 MW (including open cycle gas turbines) while demand is forecast 30 743 MW.
- Saturday (25 April): The capacity available to meet that evening’s peak demand is 29 840 MW (including open cycle gas turbines) while demand is forecast 29 412 MW.
- Sunday (26 April): The capacity available to meet that evening’s peak demand is 29 840 MW (including open cycle gas turbines) while demand is forecast 29 008 MW.
Eskom supply and demand 21 to 26 April
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