Eskom has announced that it will again implement load shedding on Thursday night during peak demand hours.<\/p>\n
As was the case since Monday, stage 2 blackouts will hit South Africans between 17h00 and 22h00 on Thursday evening.<\/p>\n
While a generation unit each at Kusile and Tutuka Power Stations was returned to service overnight, a generating unit at Lethabo Power Station was taken off for repairs, Eskom said.<\/p>\n
Two more generation units are expected to return to service on Thursday afternoon. 2,379MW are offline for planned maintenance, but 15,365MW of capacity is unavailable due to breakdowns.<\/p>\n
Eskom said the onset of winter has seen increased demand and this will lead to capacity constraints throughout this period, particularly during the evening and morning peaks.<\/p>\n
“Unfortunately, this would generally require the implementation of load shedding during the evening peaks,” it said.<\/p>\n
Eskom urged all South Africans to continue using electricity sparingly, especially between 05h00 and 09h00 in the mornings and 16h00 and 22h00 in the evenings.<\/p>\n
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Stage 2 loadshedding will be implemented from 17:00 \u2013 22:00 tonight due to continued constraints on the power system pic.twitter.com\/HIbKEAc1FG<\/a><\/p>\n
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