South Africa\u2019s struggling power utility Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd will cut power supplies nationwide until Friday after more breakdowns at some of its facilities.<\/p>\n
The state-owned company said it would extend cuts of 2,000 megawatts from the grid because of shortages caused by two plant failures. Eskom, which has faced delays in restarting two other generating units that were being serviced, said it\u2019s been forced to ration power further after exhausting emergency reserves.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe emergency generation reserves have been used extensively in the past days to avoid load shedding during the day,\u201d Eskom said. \u201cThis has resulted in these being depleted, reducing available capacity.\u201d<\/p>\n
The utility, which supplies 95% of South Africa\u2019s electricity, resumed rolling blackouts May 31. Eskom is saddled with about R400 billion ($29 billion) of debt that is adding to the government\u2019s challenge of attracting new investment to stoke growth in Africa\u2019s most-industrialized economy.<\/p>\n
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Stage 2 loadshedding will be implemented from 10:00 on Wednesday morning until 22:00 on
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