Eskom has announced that it will implement stage 1 load shedding from 17:00 on Sunday, which is likely to continue until 22:00 this evening.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is due to increased electricity demand and a shortage of generation capacity resulting from technical faults at some of our power station units,\u201d said the power utility.<\/p>\n
Eskom assured customers that load shedding is implemented as a necessary measure to protect the power system and to ensure that maintenance is carried out in order to guarantee that electricity supply can be maintained in the long term.<\/p>\n
\u201cAny unexpected changes on the vulnerable and constrained power system could lead to a change in the load shedding stage at short notice,\u201d said Eskom.<\/p>\n
It made a special plea to electricity users to consider energy efficient ways of keeping warm, as cold weather is being experienced across the country.<\/p>\n
On Sunday morning the power utility said that it has adequate generating capacity to meet the demand in electricity.<\/p>\n
On Saturday, not even an hour after announcing that it had escalated load shedding to Stage 3, Eskom announced that Stage 2 had been introduced again.<\/p>\n
It said this was as a result of a decrease in electricity demand.<\/p>\n
Source: News24<\/a><\/p>\n Huge pay day for ousted Eskom executives<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Eskom\u2019s sums don\u2019t add up: energy expert<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nMore on Eskom<\/h3>\n