Power utility Eskom says it has suffered 11 breakdowns at its power stations, necessitating all-day stage 6 load shedding until further notice<\/p>\n
Stage 6 will kick in at 16h00 as previously planned, but will now continue until Eskom announces a change.<\/p>\n
“Eskom will continue to manage the limited emergency generation reserves to supplement generation capacity. Eskom will publish a further update as soon as there are any significant changes,” it said.<\/p>\n
Eleven generators amounting to 5,084MW of capacity suffered breakdowns since Tuesday morning, further reducing available capacity and necessitating the increase in load shedding stages, it said.<\/p>\n
These were a unit each at the Camden, Duvha, Grootvlei, Hendrina, Kendal, and two units each at Kriel, Majuba and Matla power stations.<\/p>\n
A unit each at Camden, Duvha, Hendrina, Kriel, Matimba and Matla power stations have returned to service, representing 2,540MW of capacity.<\/p>\n
Planned maintenance is currently 5,739MW while breakdowns amount to 18,041MW of capacity.<\/p>\n
“Eskom requests the public to reduce the usage of electricity and to exercise patience and tolerance during this difficult period. Load shedding is implemented only as a last resort in view of the shortage of generation capacity and the need to attend to breakdowns,” it said.<\/p>\n
Schedules\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n For people living in the major metros, load shedding schedules are available here:<\/p>\n For access to other load shedding schedules, Eskom has made them available on\u00a0loadshedding.eskom.co.za.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Smartphone users can also download the app EskomSePush to receive push notifications when load shedding is implemented, as well as the times the area you are in will be off.<\/p>\n\n
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