Eskom aborted stage one rolling power cuts on Tuesday morning amid a significant decrease in electricity demand.<\/p>\n
“Eskom did not implement load shedding at 10am as the electricity demand decreased significantly, since the early warning notification,” the group said on Tuesday (3 February).<\/p>\n
“System remains tight & should any unexpected change in demand \/ with our generating plant occur it may increase possibility of load shedding,” it said.<\/p>\n
Earlier, spokesman Khulu Phasiwe said that the group would be forced to\u00a0implement stage one load shedding from 10am to 10pm, due to a severely constrained system.<\/p>\n
Stage one allows for up to 1000MW of the national load to be cut, stage two for up to 2000MW, and stage three for up to 4000MW.<\/p>\n
Phasiwe said the power cuts could end earlier if consumers used electricity sparingly.<\/p>\n
The power grid was under pressure on Monday after one of Koeberg\u2019s units \u2014 which produces 900MW \u2014 was taken out of service because of a technical fault.<\/p>\n
Phasiwe said the unit was still down on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are trying to sync it into service. It will take a few days but it should be online soon.\u201d<\/p>\n
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