PHUTI MOSOMANE
ESKOM issued a warning about the severe constraints on the electricity system, highlighting a high risk of increased stages of load shedding in winter, the embattled power utility said at the State of the System and Winter Outlook media briefing on Thursday.
According to Eskom, the outlook indicates that due to breakdowns and capacity being unavailable as a result of unplanned maintenance, amounting to 15,000MW, load shedding may predominantly be implemented at Stage 5 during the winter period.
“Should breakdowns reach 16 500MW, loadshedding might be implemented at Stage 6. If unplanned outages averages to 18 000MW, loadshedding might be required every day and might be implemented up to Stage 8,” the power utility said.
While not completely ruling out the possibility of Stage 8 load shedding, Eskom emphasized that reaching Stage 8 would be the absolute worst-case scenario.
The power utility stated that it is making every
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