{"id":360630,"date":"2019-12-08T07:32:31","date_gmt":"2019-12-08T05:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=360630"},"modified":"2019-12-08T07:33:40","modified_gmt":"2019-12-08T05:33:40","slug":"eskom-continues-with-stage-2-load-shedding-on-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/energy\/360630\/eskom-continues-with-stage-2-load-shedding-on-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"Eskom continues with stage 2 load shedding on Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>State power utility Eskom said it will implement stage 2 load shedding from 09h00 to 23h00 on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Eskom issued a statement on Saturday evening stating that load shedding will continue &#8220;to cater for further trips&#8221; and to replenish water reserves from its pumped storage schemes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sufficient water and diesel reserves are necessary to limit the level of load shedding in the coming week,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/POWERALERT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#POWERALERT<\/a> 2<br \/>\nDate: 07 December 2019<\/p>\n<p>Stage 2 rotational loadshedding will shift to Stage 1 from 23:00 tonight until 09:00 on Sunday and will move back to Stage 2 from 09:00 until 23:00 on Sunday evening <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SABCNewsOnline?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SABCNewsOnline<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IOL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@IOL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimesLIVE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TimesLIVE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eNCA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@eNCA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ewnupdates?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ewnupdates<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SAgovnews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SAgovnews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XeSwWGxc4H\">pic.twitter.com\/XeSwWGxc4H<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Eskom_SA\/status\/1203382124037976071?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 7, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Eskom moved to stage 4 load shedding on Friday, cutting 4,000 megawatts from the grid from and representing the highest degree that has been implemented thus far by the utility.<\/p>\n<p>Eskom, which supplies about 95% of the nation\u2019s power, had earlier announced plans to cut 2,000 megawatts from Friday morning through Saturday morning. Problems at its plants were compounded by heavy rains that soaked coal stockpiles, rendering about 13,000 megawatts of its generating capacity unavailable.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa has experienced intermittent power shortages since 2005 as a result of Eskom\u2019s failure to properly maintain its aging plants and timeously invest in new ones. The utility had amassed R454 billion in debt, and is seen as the biggest threat to the nation\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n<p>Electricity shortages in the first quarter contributed to the country\u2019s biggest economic contraction in a decade, Bloomberg reported.<\/p>\n<p>Decisions taken by past management to truck coal to some plants instead of transporting it on conveyor belts has exacerbated power supply constraints because the fuel is exposed to rain, according to Ted Blom, an energy analyst who has consulted to the utility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEskom has been doing patch jobs at the plants and because of too much pressure, they run the plans harder than they should,\u201d he said. \u201cThere are no quality assurances on the coal being delivered by trucks. They shouldn\u2019t be buying coal from trucks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The government plans to split the utility into generation, distribution, and transmission units under a state holding company &#8211; a move it says will make it easier for them to raise financing and improve efficiency. Andre de Ruyter is due to take over as the company\u2019s new chief executive officer on Jan. 15.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe big missing link is strong leadership and with the new CEO there is a big chance to get back on track,\u201d said Mike Rossouw, who has advised Eskom on how to address its construction challenges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEskom seriously neglected the generation side and I think the new guy has an understanding of what needs to be done to address the demand situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/energy\/360348\/eskom-warns-load-shedding-could-get-worse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Why Eskom expects a R20 billion full year loss \u2013 despite turning a mid-year profit<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State power utility Eskom said it will implement stage 2 load shedding from 09h00 to 23h00 on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":289108,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9874],"tags":[1164,26],"class_list":["post-360630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy","tag-eskom","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360630"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":360636,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360630\/revisions\/360636"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}